mar, 09 Feb 2010, PackRat skribis: > bill lam wrote: > > may be > > =: est latin, interlingva, global > > =. is local to english > > I had thought of using the Latin "est" as well, but I wasn't sure non- > English would be accepted. > > Dan Bron wrote: > > > If we were Spanish, we could be a bit more precise: > > =: ser (permanent: an essential quality) > > =. estar (temporary: a condition) > > Here's another possibility: > > =: Be > =. Is > > The word "be" (to me, at least) seems to connote a more "permanent" > existence, whereas "is" might have a slightly more "temporary" feel > (something is this value now, but it might have been different in the > past and it might be different in the future). >
My interpretation of the difference between =: and =. would be spatial rather than time. The entity connected to a name using =: is also impermanent; it is neither a given name or once assignment. -- regards, ==================================================== GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
