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Robin's gadri Proposal

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, Robin Lee Powell wrote:

> Eimi, please sign off your posts. Thanks.

vi'odo'u .u'u Sorry about that, I remembered it as soon as I hit post. Is it
at all possible to change the web-to-mail gateway to just do the right thing
there?


>
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 12:31:20PM -0700, Eimi wrote:
> > Re: Robin's gadri Proposal A few questions/comments about the
> > proposal. First of all, you define things in terms of a completely
> > generic "LX" gadri. Is it your intention that such a thing be
> > created,
>
> Absolutely not.
>
> > Similarly, is it possible to leave an axis unspecified, to be glorked
> > from context, or are they all always specified?
>
> The default for at least some of the axes is "cu'i", aka unspecified.
> Well, OK, that's not *quite* unspecified, but it's basically the same
> thing.
>
> > That is, if a gadri has defaults for all the axes, then is it possible
> > for glorking to decide that one really doesn't mean that, instead of
> > explicitly mentioning it. (Example: If we're talking about mythology,
> > do I have to use lo da'i pavyseljirna, or can I just say lo
> > pavyseljirna without implying that I believe they actually exist).
>
> If we're talking about mythology, I see no problem, although I would
> expect a listener coming in in the middle to be quite surpised at you
> talking about "da poi pavyseljirna", which is what lo actually means.
>
> > I do approve of the change to da'i and je'u for nonexistance and
> > veradicality, but make sure you update the definitions at the top of
> > the page to match.
>
> Fixed. Thank you.
>
> > And finally, I think .o'avu'enai (as close to hubris as I can get)
> > that you've got the issue of veradicality slightly wrong with respect
> > to le. I think the je'u an je'unai you have defined are very useful,
> > but the real definition of le would be more je'ucu'i:
>
> You are *absolutely* correct. Fixed.
>
> -Robin
>
>

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