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dagw
on Nov 17, 2010
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E.W.Dijkstra: On the foolishness of "natural langu...
"The only plaza" is either unambiguous (in cities with one plaza) or incorrect (in cities with multiple plazas). Just because a language makes it impossible to be unambiguous doesn't mean it makes it impossible to be wrong.
noglorp
on Nov 17, 2010
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perhaps, you might say 'the assumed plaza' for explicit-ambiguity?
Deestan
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Ah, yes. That is actually what the Lojban sentence would have said. My "translation" of that part was a bit off.
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