Re: Still a few thoughts about ZAhOs

[Jorge Llambias <jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU>]

ca'o spuda la djan

>
> > Presumably, Paul's coming to damascus has long ago _left_ its ba'o stage
 too,
> > or is all this "immediate relevance to the present" that we've been assuming
> > unwarranted?
>
> I don't know whether it's warranted or not (Bob Chassell would argue not).

I guess this means that it's left to individual taste?


> But in any event, that particular {nunklama} is certainly relevant to the
> present: the current war in Bosnia would hardly exist without it!
>

I'm still not convinced:

{la paul ba'o klama la damaskus ca le nu cabna jamna}

I don't like this use of ba'o, but maybe it's correct. I prefer to use it
when the fact that the going is over is relevant, not simply when it is true.

Jorge