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pkroser@hidden.email scripsit: > > > 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'? There's More Than One Way To Do It. It's the motto of the Perl programming language, and is usually pronounced "tim-toady". -- John Cowan <jcowan@hidden.email> http://www.reutershealth.com I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_