Re: meanings not in english

On Sun, 11 May 2003 17:42:53 -0400 Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
writes:
> I'm just going by the intention of the person telling the untruth.
> Hmm... a language that distinguishes both intention and result?
it's more logical to me than distinguishing just intention. the result is
often more important than the intention. if a person intends to fly from
the top of one skyskraper to another by flapping their arms, their
intention doesn't matter... they still go splat.
i don't see why a language shouldn't distinguish both, though...

> -Stephen (Steg)
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