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xorxes:
> la and cusku di'e
>
> >Nick:
> > > Lots of confusion to be had in this stuff. One thing we're entitled to
> > > feel smug about, though. Just as the Chinese were stumped by "White
> > > Horse Not Horse", Montague was stumped by "The temperature rises. The
> > > temperature rises. Therefore, ninety rises?" Think of how that is said
> > > in Lojban. Lojban can't fall for that. And you'll see why equative 'is'
> > > really is bad for you
> >
> >I'm not so sure that ordinary nonxorxesian Lojban can always escape
> >the trap. How do you say "the number of people in this room is
> >doubling every hour"?
>
> I think I'd say something like:
>
> le vi kumfa cu relze'a le ka xokau prenu ce'u nenri kei
> paroi ro cacra
> This room doubles in how many people are in it once every hour
>
> I'm not sure whether {relze'a} is best for "doubles"
How about "The number of people in this room is increasing by
either 3, 10 or 73 every hour"?
--And.