From ragnarok@pobox.com Mon Jun 11 18:23:36 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: raganok@intrex.net X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 12 Jun 2001 01:23:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 31365 invoked from network); 12 Jun 2001 01:23:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 12 Jun 2001 01:23:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO intrex.net) (209.42.192.246) by mta2 with SMTP; 12 Jun 2001 01:23:34 -0000 Received: from Craig [209.42.200.34] by intrex.net (SMTPD32-5.05) id AF1CCBC100B4; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:23:40 -0400 Reply-To: To: Subject: RE: [lojban] Purpose of bridi Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:23:35 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-eGroups-From: "Craig" From: "Craig" So it wouldn't be exactly the same as the English... but that's just one less linguistic bias to worry about, right? -----Original Message----- From: Jorge Llambias [mailto:jjllambias@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 1:22 AM To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [lojban] Purpose of bridi la kreig cusku di'e >If .i nei says nothing, isn't it therefore the best lojbanization of 'no >comment'? 'no comment' implies that there's a comment, you just won't say >it. .i nei could mean 'I'm saying nothing' since it really means '.i .i .i >.i .i' ad infinitum - in short, nothing. It isn't really a repetition of i's though, it's just {i nei}. More like "I'm saying what I'm saying". Yes, it could work as a 'no comment' I suppose, but maybe not. If the question is put in a certain way, and given that the answer substitutes the question, it may end up meaning something else: i do mo zukte le zekri "How did you commit the crime?" i nei Which, given that the answer substitutes the question word, means: {i mi nei zukte le zekri}, something like "I commited the crime by commiting it". So better be careful in using it for 'no comment'. mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor Guaranteed Lowest Hotel Rates! To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.