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Re: goat's legs

To: Erik Rauch <erikr@MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU>
Subject: Re: goat's legs
From: "(John Cowan)" <cbmvax!snark.thyrsus.com!cowan@UUNET.UU.NET>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1992 13:06:55 -0500
In-Reply-To: <9210230647.AA13648@relay1.UU.NET> from "oasis.icl.co.uk!I.Alexander.bra0122" at Oct 22, 92 09:10:37 pm
Reply-To: "(John Cowan)" <cbmvax!snark.thyrsus.com!cowan@UUNET.UU.NET>
Sender: Lojban list <LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>

la .i,n cusku di'e

> I _think_ I agree with this.  We appear to be debating the semantics of
> gismu such as {ponse}.  {lo'e kanba cu ponse re tuple} for example.

Actually, "ponse" is not involved; the relevant Lojban bridi is:

	vo da tuple lo'e kanba

which is true, whereas with "re da" it would be false, because "re da" is
"exactly two somethings, neither more or less".

--
John Cowan	cowan@snark.thyrsus.com		...!uunet!cbmvax!snark!cowan
			e'osai ko sarji la lojban.

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