From cowan@ccil.org Fri Aug 10 21:36:21 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: cowan@mercury.ccil.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_1); 11 Aug 2001 04:36:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 74211 invoked from network); 11 Aug 2001 04:36:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 11 Aug 2001 04:36:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mercury.ccil.org) (192.190.237.100) by mta2 with SMTP; 11 Aug 2001 04:36:20 -0000 Received: from cowan by mercury.ccil.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 15VQVk-00064R-00; Sat, 11 Aug 2001 00:36:32 -0400 Subject: Re: [lojban] Whatever In-Reply-To: from And Rosta at "Aug 10, 2001 02:12:07 am" To: And Rosta Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 00:36:32 -0400 (EDT) Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL66 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: X-eGroups-From: John Cowan From: John Cowan And Rosta scripsit: > [...] a definitely pukka indirect question [I > would ordinarily say "kosher", but am not sure this wouldn't > offend anyone]. Unlikely. The literal meaning of "kosher" in Hebrew is "fit, proper, acceptable": the sense "in accordance with Jewish dietary laws" is a specific use. John Cowan, Shaygets. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore --Douglas Hofstadter