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Re: [jboske] loi: quantitative claims



Robert LeChevalier scripsit:

> Now, if FIVE rabbits are eating cabbage in my garden, how does a 
> Trobriander describe it?

Well, if the mythical Trobrianders are anything like the very genuine
Chinese, they say "Five units of Rabbit are eating cabbage etc."

-- 
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_