From jjllambias@hotmail.com Thu Oct 12 15:14:35 2000 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-6_1_0); 12 Oct 2000 22:14:35 -0000 Received: (qmail 11191 invoked from network); 12 Oct 2000 22:12:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m4.onelist.org with QMQP; 12 Oct 2000 22:12:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.28) by mta3 with SMTP; 12 Oct 2000 22:12:55 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 12 Oct 2000 15:12:55 -0700 Received: from 200.42.152.39 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 12 Oct 2000 22:12:54 GMT X-Originating-IP: [200.42.152.39] To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: na nei Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 22:12:54 GMT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Oct 2000 22:12:55.0072 (UTC) FILETIME=[92038A00:01C03499] From: "Jorge Llambias" la olivias cusku di'e > > > I can't think of any context where {nei} would be useful. > >perhaps in poetry: i'm working on translating a poem that has a fair >amount of phrase repetition for poetic effect. i think 'nei' might be >useful in this case. I hope we can see it soon! But {nei} would be used rather to _avoid_ repetition, wouldn't it? The problem I have with it is that it is incurably recursive, if taken at all seriously. >but maybe poetic repetition is not very 'lojbanic' >anyway....(?) Anything poetic can be lojbanic, we just have to figure out how. co'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.