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John: > 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. No, it's a lo'e characteristic, but with characteristicality defined relative to my mental landscape. If it were a le'e characteristic, it would be a characteristic of certain instances of the NYT (and not necessarily according to my mental landscape). > > 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. So *you* say! Founder intent is totally in conflict with usage & documentation. Plus we *need* a word for "most": it's so useful. --And.