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On Sunday, February 26, 2012 20:41:18 guskant wrote:
> coi
> 
> The algorithm of making a non-Lojban word into a valid Stage 3 fu'ivla
> may produce homonyms.
> For example, a Mexican may produce "djartako" from taco, while a
> Japanese may produce "djartako" from octopus dish.
> Is there algorithm to select one of them?

"djartako" is a type-4, you mean "cidjrtako", but I see your point. There 
isn't, and can't be, an algorithm to decide this. There can be a protocol (the 
multiparty equivalent of an algorithm).

Something somewhat similar happened with Chinese provinces. There are two 
called "Shanxi" in different tones. In English, one of them is arbitrarily 
spelled with two a's. There's also a country with three languages called Pong. 
I don't know if they have different tones, or even what kind of tones they 
have.

Pierre
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