From lojbab@lojban.org Tue Mar 13 12:35:28 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_4); 13 Mar 2001 20:35:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 1861 invoked from network); 13 Mar 2001 20:35:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 13 Mar 2001 20:35:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-1.cais.net) (205.252.14.71) by mta1 with SMTP; 13 Mar 2001 20:35:27 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org (209-8-89-95.dynamic.cais.com [209.8.89.95]) by stmpy-1.cais.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2DKZPT02036 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:35:25 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010313153622.00c29100@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:38:35 -0500 To: lojban Subject: Re: [lojban] I almost caught the train In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" At 05:44 PM 03/13/2001 +0000, And Rosta wrote: >Lojbab: > > so'a in a string of digits is going to be large-for-a-digit, perhaps in > > base 10 an 8 or a 9. > >So reso'a is 28 ~ 29, and so'are is 82 ~ 92. But so'a is a big >number, "many", not 8 ~ 9. I suppose for 8 ~ 9 you'd use >noso'a. Precisely what I would suggest - anything to force so'a out of standalone or initial position so there is less question as to the semantics. As such, and because we have multiple possible interpretations for initial so'a, I would also use noso'are for 82 ~ 92. lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org