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On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, And Rosta wrote: > I think Jorge & I share an understanding of Unique. It is space-limited > if space-limitedness is a property of brodahood, but it can be in > many different places at once. LE-unique cipni is in many places at > once. Now, since being in many places at once is a rather strange > property for an individual to have (e.g. Nick can't be in many places > at once), I may find it weird to see the class of birds as an > individual bird, and so not say "LE-unique cipni": but that's my > decision to make as a Lojban speaker. This discussion is difficult enough without the introduction of redundant or even semi-redundant terms. We should introduce new terms sparingly, and only when really needed, to minimize our brain pain. "Unique", I take it, means "Mister"? -- // if (!terrorist) // ignore (); // else collect_data ();