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Wallops #8
- To: John Cowan <cowan@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Raymond <eric@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Tiedemann <est@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>
- Subject: Wallops #8
- From: Ivan A Derzhanski <cbmvax!uunet!COGSCI.ED.AC.UK!iad>
- Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1992 00:04:23 BST
- In-Reply-To: CJ FINE's message of Thu, 2 Jul 1992 15:11:30 BST <13271.9207022031@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
- Reply-To: Ivan A Derzhanski <cbmvax!uunet!COGSCI.ED.AC.UK!iad>
- Sender: Lojban list <cbmvax!uunet!CUVMB.BITNET!pucc.Princeton.EDU!LOJBAN>
> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1992 15:11:30 BST
> From: CJ FINE <C.J.Fine@BRADFORD>
>
> Comments on Nick's
> >
> > A Greek folk tale.
> > .i le kakpa cu me cai ba'e
> > mi sa'e
>
> I am suspicious of bare "cai": "strong emotion, but I'm not
> telling you which one"
It seems to me that Nick intends {cai} to modify {me}, not a null
attitudinal. Unfortunately, I think that {cai} can only go with UI.
> > cu .e'u klama ca le cermurse
>
> I can't find "murse" in my gi'uste, nor can I guess what it's supposed
> to be.
It is a new word meaning `twilight'.
> > ni'o ca le bavlamdei ke clira clira
> Unlike Mark, I like this a lot.
I don't.
> I also celebrate the adoption of a very
> widespread, but almost completely un-European, speech pattern.
Would you also welcome reduplication to indicate plurality?
Ivan