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On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Jordan DeLong wrote: > On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 10:08:20PM -0500, John Cowan wrote: > > And Rosta scripsit: > > > 1. substance > > > 2. prototype. > > > 3. unique. > > Unique still makes no sense to me. > > > I think this is exactly the Right Thing in every respect, and > > with the addition of 4. individual(s), should form our new gadri > > system. I do think however that the term "unique" is bad, because > > it suggests that there is literally, rather than notionally, only > > one of the thing. Whereas in fact what I take to be going on is > > a sort of superposition of the actual things (birds, Superbowl games, etc.) > > Wait a minute. What's the "new gadri system". I don't think we > can or should abandon the current system. But you've been here as we've discovered just how broken it is. > Any clarifcations which are made should be just that---we can't and > shouldn't change things so that "loi djacu" is meaningless and no longer > means bare "water" or whatever crap xod was pushing. What a difference a few hours makes. Before, you were insisting that le djacu can refer to any amount of water...what then do you want lei djacu to mean? Other than reflecting the peculiarities of English, what are the qualities exhibited by an individual glass of water which are not enjoyed by "some" water? Or vice versa? -- // if (!terrorist) // ignore (); // else collect_data ();