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On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 12:52:12AM -0000, And Rosta wrote:
> John:
[...]
> > and the second one is
> > probably about the (statistically) average American rather than the
> > typical one. But the third and the fourth have answers. I don't know
> > the answer to the third (or even if the answer is known). But
> > I think it's clearly just false, not meaningless, to claim that the typical
> > American will go out with you Friday week. The overwhelming majority of
> > them will not: indeed, those that will are a small and highly atypical
> > subset
>
> Me & xorxes opine that to determine the truth or falsity of these
> examples requires a further metaphysical context not inherent in
> lo'e. For example, if I know only one American girl, or if I am
> fixated on one in particular, then when I do my squinting, her
> features may persevere as all other Americans abstract away. And lo,
> she, lo'e merko, may indeed go out with me (-- sorry Nick!
> nobody can compete with my sexual magnetism...).
You're talking about le'e here.
{lo'e merko prenu cu ninmu} is false, but under that particular set
of circumstances you described, if you were to say {le'e merko prenu
cu ninmu} it would be a true statement (though if I were to it
wouldn't be).
--
Jordan DeLong - fracture@hidden.email
lu zo'o loi censa bakni cu terzba le zaltapla poi xagrai li'u
sei la mark. tuen. cusku
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