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On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, And Rosta wrote: > xod: > > > > (la'e-like) I can have a certain set of characteristics in mind -- a > > > > prototype! -- and discuss interchangables that fit the profile. The > > > > latter is "I need a doctor", "I like chocolate". Nonspecific, and > > > > countable. > > > > > > > > Is the latter lo? Some sort of lo'e? Mister? > > > > > > Mister isn't the set of characteristics or the interchangeables that fit > > > it, but on the whole we felt that Mister is the best way to talk about > > > needing doctors and liking chocolate. > > > > When I ask for a Doctor and like Chocolate, I am not talking about Mister, > > because Mister includes Doctor Frankenstein and very poor quality > > chocolate. > > When I ask for xod & like xod, I am talking about xod, even though xod > includes xod-on-the-one-day-per-decade-when-he-is-not-likable. In other > words, we like the whole individual Mr Chocolate and the whole individual > xod, even though each might have bits we don't like. Well, if that's the case, then Mister = Typical, and CLL-lo'e = Jorge lo'e. -- 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...