Re: The two lo'es (was: essentials of a gadri system)

John Cowan <[email protected]>
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Jorge Llamb��)B�as scripsit:

> In my view, lo'e kumte is sometimes female and sometimes male, sometimes
> it has one hump and sometimes two (and other times none). In many context
> the question is irrelevant.

Very well, but I am not attempting to state your view, but what CLL says.

> It is like asking "what does John Cowan hold
> in his hand?". It varies with context, and in many contexts it is 
> irrelevant. 

On the CLL view, lo'e se jgari be la djan. bei fo lo xance is surely
"nothing". The occasions on which I am in fact holding something in my
hand are exceptional, not characteristic.

-- 
Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out.
--Arthur C. Clarke, "The Nine Billion Names of God"
John Cowan <jcowan-k6JZYsoqQQ8PxK1qzZLvrwC/[email protected]>
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