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On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Jorge Llambias wrote:
> If you divide {pa rismi} in many parts, you normally end up with {so'i
> rismi} (assuming you started with a big enough {pa rismi}. But if you
> divide {pa nanmu} in many parts, you don't end up with {so'i nanmu}, no
> matter how big the pa nanmu was. In that sense, there can be said to be
> a class of brodas such that when you divide pa broda you end up with
> so'i broda, and other brodas for which you don't. But that's like saying
> that there is a class of brodas such that when you melt lo broda you
> still have broda and other brodas for which you don't. That kind of
> property is part of the meaning of broda, not something to be handled by
> gadri, in my opinion.
True and very well said.
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