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From: Arnt Richard Johansen <arj@nvg.org>
To: jbovlaste@lojban.org
Subject: [jbovlaste] Re: Random thought on how to make fu'ivla
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On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 11:23:45PM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> 
> It seems to me that we could do something similar, by
> creating the crazy-long jvajvo word and then, if it's popular,
> ripping parts out in such a way as to create a *fu'ivla* rather than
> a less-jva-jvo

Maybe it's a good idea, maybe it isn't. Myself, I tend to think that it should be avoided, but that's probably just knee-jerk conservatism.

In any case, this is certainly not the right forum to discuss this. Take it to lojban-list, or jboske, please.

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Arnt Richard Johansen                                http://arj.nvg.org/
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