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On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, John Cowan wrote:
> Robert LeChevalier scripsit:
>
> > This again is incompatible with tu'o meaning mo'ezi'o, which requires that
> > there be NO number.
>
> Not what zi'o means, but a common error that I strive to eradicate.
>
> A zi'o sumti does not mean that no value *can* be expressed, but that
> the relationship is being constrained ("projected" in relational algebra)
> to suppress it. Thus "klama fo zi'o" does not necessarily involve teleportation
> (where there is no route), but it doesn't exclude it either. So both
> teleportation and non-teleportation events are included in klama fo zi'o,
> but only non-teleportation is involved in klama without fo zi'o.
I once described the difference as
dargu noda noda
a circular road
dargu zi'o zi'o
a parking lot
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