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On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, John Cowan wrote: > Invent Yourself scripsit: > > > But I thought that Mr. Bird was a bird, not a property. > > I don't see how. If so, it would make sense to ask "Is he a parrot?" > But Mr. Bird is neither a parrot nor an eagle nor .... Furthermore, > it would make sense to ask "Is he Paulie?" But he is neither Paulie > nor Thorondor nor .... Does Mr. Nick wear diapers? I think you're trying to say that the most we can say about Mr. Bird is that he has the minimal properties shared by 'all birds'. I believe this is given by lo jai ka cipni; whereas le'e = le jai ka cipni. -- The Pentagon group believed it had a visionary strategy that would transform Iraq into an ally of Israel, remove a potential threat to the Persian Gulf oil trade and encircle Iran with U.S. friends and allies...