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And Rosta scripsit: > And we can certainly say "John is reading the NY Times" without seeing that > as in any way characteristic of the NY Times. (Though as it happens, in > fact, > "read by John Cowan" is for me one of the most salient characteristics of > the NY Times.) Rather, that must be a le'e characteristic, for in fact John Cowan only reads the NYT rather rarely: almost exclusively on Tuesdays, and not all of those. > It would be useful to have something that is a blend of ro and so'e, for > making default generalizations. Something weaker than ro, but a little > stronger than the overly-statistical so'e. So'e, despite its keyword, is not statistical. It is simply a vague number less than so'a and more than so'i. -- John Cowan <jcowan@hidden.email> http://www.reutershealth.com "But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Eowyn I am, Eomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless. For living or dark undead, I will smite you if you touch him."