From xod@sixgirls.org Sun Jun 10 17:52:56 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@reva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 11 Jun 2001 00:52:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 11630 invoked from network); 11 Jun 2001 00:52:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 11 Jun 2001 00:52:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (64.152.7.13) by mta1 with SMTP; 11 Jun 2001 00:52:55 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.11.3/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f5B0qs405810 for ; Sun, 10 Jun 2001 20:52:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 20:52:54 -0400 (EDT) To: Subject: RE: [lojban] An approach to attitudinals In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Craig wrote: > .ai le merja'a cu stace = the american president is honest, so I have an > intent/desire = the american president is honest, and I intend/want to do > something about it. This does not, in lojban., imply that there's anything > wrong with the american president being honest, it's just that it's why I > intend/want to do something. "I intend that the US Prez will be honest", right? What's odder is "le merja'a .ai cu stace". Is there a difference between the two? Here is an attitudinal that will probably only be used in front. But who am I to say? ----- We do not like And if a cat those Rs and Ds, needed a hat? Who can't resist Free enterprise more subsidies. is there for that!