From jjllambias@hotmail.com Sat Apr 14 15:20:31 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_2); 14 Apr 2001 22:20:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 60732 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2001 22:20:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 14 Apr 2001 22:20:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.240.183) by mta1 with SMTP; 14 Apr 2001 22:20:30 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 14 Apr 2001 15:20:30 -0700 Received: from 200.41.247.13 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 14 Apr 2001 22:20:30 GMT X-Originating-IP: [200.41.247.13] To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Cmavo to never use Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 22:20:30 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Apr 2001 22:20:30.0464 (UTC) FILETIME=[1D74D800:01C0C531] From: "Jorge Llambias" la robyspir cusku di'e >{le karce vecnu pu vecnu la'i porc.} - The car salesman sold a set of >Porsches. That would be {lai porc}. Sets are mathematical abstractions, not something that can be sold. >In fact, because of this, I think that there should be a {la} equivalent to >{lo'e} and {le'e}. Using xa'e for this purpose (is it used already?) you >could >say something like {xa'e pakrd. bel. poi skami cu spofu} - "The typical >Packard Bell computer is broken." i le'e me la pakrd bel skami cu spofu co'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.