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> John Cowan <jcowan@r...> wrote: > > maikxlx scripsit: > > > > > (For example, in Lojban "I try to run" gets rendered as "I am > > > a runner-type-of tryer", where a word meaning "runner" modifies > > > a word meaning "tryer"; i.e. syntactically, "runner" is used > > > as the vague, general purpose modifier in an unqualified tanru. > > > > Well, that's one way to do it. Lojban is a TMTOWTDI language. Sorry - what is 'TMTOWTDI'? Bfowol