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And Rosta scripsit: > That type-A ontology is to me and Jorge the most natural one, but to > Martin, to John C, to John Woldemar, and probably to most folk schooled in > logic (or even in common sense?) it isn't, It's not that I think it makes no sense, just that it doesn't do all the work that Lojban wants for its masses. You can't say "Mr. Squirrel weighs 326 tons", for example. On the other hand, you can say "Mr. Squirrel weighs 500 grams" with it. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@hidden.email To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful. --The Hobbit