Subject: Re: [lojban] Not a troll, just a silly post [Was Re: Enemy & Re: No number base]

From: Robin Lee Powell <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 10:04:38 -0700

On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 03:35:42PM +0300, Robin Turner wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 May 2001 01:47, Jorge Llambias wrote:
> 
> >
> > In the above example, just for the wordplay. In general, {du} and
> > {me} mean practically the same thing when the sumti has a single
> > referent (as in this case). Both {me lo broda} and {du lo broda} are
> > basically longwinded ways of saying {broda}.
> 
> 
> And nice wordplay it is too! However, there is still no way to
> translate "All your base are belong to us" into Lojban while
> preserving the original nuances.

That's because its nuances are about the fact that English has a
required plural/singular distinction.

-Robin

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