Re: Carl Burke's question

[Carl Burke <cburke@MITRE.ORG>]

At 09:42 PM 12/12/97 -0300, you wrote:
>>>i tai ma la lojban ckape le nu le se bangrxesperanto cu nanmu
>>>Kiel minacas Lojxbano la virecon de la esperantistoj?
>>>How does Lojban threaten the manhood of Esperantists?
>>
>>Assuming 'tai' binds a single sumti, and substituting
>>'ka' for 'nu', it makes sense.
>
>Yes, tai binds a single sumti. Remember that {nu} works for
>states as well, which is sometimes obscured by the term "event".

Oh... I thought states were the default; guess I'd better get
my book order in.

>>>i mo le se bangrxesperanto pe secau le ka nanmu
>>>Kaj kio pri la esperantistoj sen vireco?
>>>And what about those esperantists without manhood?
>>
>>still processing...
>
>Hint: some Esperantists are female...

Oh, that I got.  What I didn't have yet (still don't) is text
for the distinction between 'without manhood' as female and
'without manhood' as lacking the 'manly virtues', or whatever
I could come up with as 'manhood' in the sense I think it was
originally meant.

(Certainly lojban doesn't threaten the manhood of Esperantists
in a Lorena Bobbitt sense, unless you're wielding Occam's Razor.)

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Carl Burke
cburke@mitre.org