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Beatles' legs (was: RE: loi'e = loi ?



Lojbab:
> At 02:16 AM 12/17/02 -0500, Invent Yourself wrote:
> >Masses are groups of individuals taken collectively. It is possible that
> >they obey weird and contradictory laws, but I don't know anyone who would
> >say The Beatles had 2 legs *as a mass*. Is Lojban mass so different? Would
> >it be useful at all, or different from Lojban individuals, if we could
> >make that claim?
>
> "I met the Beatles, and they walk on (have) two legs just like everyone else"

I think that's "ro lu'a". Cf. "I met the Beatles, and they *each* have
two legs...".

--And.