From rlpowell@csclub.uwaterloo.ca Fri Feb 02 10:03:53 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: rlpowell@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_2_1); 2 Feb 2001 18:03:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 13796 invoked from network); 2 Feb 2001 17:55:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 2 Feb 2001 17:55:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca) (129.97.134.11) by mta3 with SMTP; 2 Feb 2001 18:56:20 -0000 Received: (from rlpowell@localhost) by calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) id NAA14773; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 13:00:55 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 13:00:55 -0500 To: Invent Yourself Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] fasnu? Message-ID: <20010202130054.M19196@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Mail-Followup-To: Invent Yourself , lojban@yahoogroups.com References: <20010201192711.I19196@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from xod@sixgirls.org on Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 10:16:36PM -0500 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 10:16:36PM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote: > On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > What is the point of fasnu? Given that we have le nu, I can't imagine > > what I'd use it for, except maybe emphasis. > > > > nu:fasnu::si'o:sidbo Except that sidbo has 3 arguments, fasnu has only one. Given the existence of nu, what the heck's the point? And yes, I understand that 'nu' comes from 'fasnu', but that doesn't really change fasnu's pointlessness. -Robin -- http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~rlpowell/ BTW, I'm male, honest. Information wants to be free. Too bad most of it is crap. --RLP