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xorxes:
> la djan cusku di'e
>
> >And Rosta scripsit:
> >
> > > Mr Ma'u (alias Mr Za'uno, Mr Number, PA-kind) is the kind of all
> > > numbers greater than 0, used as a quantifier when the most we can
> > > say is that there is more than 0 of something
> > >
> > > Used as a digit in combination with other digits, it could do
> > > something similar and generalize over 0-9. So the 1990s would
> > > be {pa so so Mr.-Ma'u}. {pa Mr.-Ma'u ji'i} might give you 1-100
> > > {pa Mr.-Ma'u} might by stipulation give you 1-10
> >
> >These seem contradictory: Mr.-Ma'u as stand-alone can't be zero, but
> >Mr.-Ma'u
> >as digit must be zero. Furthermore, Mr.-Ma'u by itself on the *second*
> >interpretation would be 0-9
>
> He is conflating Mr. Number with Mr. Digit, something which is
> nonsense, but very Lojbanic
Well put. Better expressed in a single sentence than I managed in
several.
> >And further furthermore, I do not understand how the rules for Kinds apply
> >to things like numbers, that are inherently noematic already. How is the
> >Kind of 9 different from just 9? The Kind of "9" (mo'e so) is
> >intelligible,
> >but not the Kind of 9 (li so)
>
> I don't think the Kind of 9 is different from just 9, but he
> is talking of the Kind of namcu, of which 9 is a subkind
Ah, the pleasure of being understood. It is one of the reasons why
I enjoy being here so much.
--And.