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On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, John Cowan wrote: > Invent Yourself scripsit: > > > Let's start at the beginning again. What is conceptually wrong with mi > > nitcu le mikce? xu le mikce cu frica ko'a poi ka ce'u mikce kei be ke'a > > Because le is +specific, so if I am lying semi-conscious on the street > moaning "mi nitcu le mikce", I have to wake you up to ask which doctor > you mean. OK. So the idea behind "mi nitcu ko'a poi ka ce'u mikce kei be ke'a"[1] is simply to remove the specificity and say that I could use ANY doctor out there. And why again can't I say mi nitcu lo mikce? [1] I use the wacky formulation because I don't need doctorhood -- that would I'm asking for acceptance to med school -- I need a thing that exhibits the doctor quality. -- // if (!terrorist) // ignore (); // else collect_data ();