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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.