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Subject: Re: [lojban] me'ispe was Rafybri
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On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
> It is broken. "brother-in-law" != me'ispe. Saying it does is broken.
>
> Add you said yourself, "brother-in-law" == me'ispe jonai spebu'a.
>
> They are not equivalent, therefore, the definition is broken.
>

A keyword is not a definition. Lots of Lojban words have perfectly
functional definitions and terrible choices of keyword; I'd definitely
put me'ispe in that category, since it's quite clear from the
definition what it means and it is not synonymous with
"brother-in-law."

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