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From: "A.W.T." <Ti@fa-kuan.muc.de>

--- In lojban@y..., "Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@h...> wrote:

> It's extremely hard for me to believe that "only my wife likes
> olives" does not entail "my wife likes olives", but it doesn't
> really matter if this is how English works. In Lojban, if you
> say {le mi speni ku po'o nelci lo'e rasygrute} then you are
> commited to {le mi speni cu nelci lo'e rasygrute}, no matter
> whether the English "equivalent" requires it or not. Also,
> {po'o} is appropriate only if there is no other relevant olive
> liker. Just like in {le mi speni ku ji'a nelci lo'e rasygrute},
> {ji'a} would be appropriate only if there is some other relevant
> olive liker.

If this were true (that "only my wife likes olives" does not entail "my wife likes olives"), I'd be deeply shocked and would have to 
state that English *not only* "occasionally" is not a logical language! (Hence, no longer wondering/puzzled about statements of the 
kind la buc. is uttering...)
I'm not a trained logician (at least not of that kind), but {le mi speni ku po'o nelci lo'e rasygrute} (and it also should in English 
logic!) states:
1) lemi speni cu nelci lo'e rasygrute
2) .ijeji'a ra nelci be ri be'o pamei

co'o mi'e .aulun.