From phma@oltronics.net Sun Jul 22 15:21:37 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 22 Jul 2001 22:21:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 16660 invoked from network); 22 Jul 2001 22:21:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 22 Jul 2001 22:21:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO neofelis.ixazon.lan) (216.189.29.66) by mta1 with SMTP; 22 Jul 2001 22:21:33 -0000 Received: by neofelis.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 500) id C7F793C560; Sun, 22 Jul 2001 18:20:48 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: phma@oltronics.net To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] rupnu Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 18:17:33 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.29.2] Content-Type: text/plain References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01072218204805.01019@neofelis> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com From: Pierre Abbat On Wed, 31 Dec 1969, Jorge Llambias wrote: >Why was the perfectly Lojbanic {ta rupnu li paci} changed in >the phrasebook to the heavier {ta se jdima lo rupnu be li paci}? The cost, the value, and the price of an item may be different. But in the context of buying it in a store, the price is understood, so I'd ask {ta rupnu li xo?} and the seller would answer {paci}. phma