Re: Conlangcon Boston today!

bnathyuw writes:
 >  --- "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...> wrote: > On
 > Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 03:00:06PM +0000, bnathyuw
 > > wrote:
 > > [snip]
 > > > naive question this, but don't most conlangers
 > > have
 > > > mobile phones ? :->
 > > [snip]
 > >
 > > I don't, and I don't intend to get one anytime soon.
 > >
 > >
 >
 > btw, in case anyone misinterpreted, that was an
 > advanced |not| == 'is it the case that most conlangers
 > don't have mobile phones?'
 >

I can't parse this any other way than "Is it not the case that most
conlangers have mobile phones?".

If "don't" were uncontracted, it could be "do (not most conlangers)
have mobile phones", but it's not the most natural reading.