Use SOI like JOI = between sumti, but only between sumti. (SOI thus allows {ku} el= ision) SOI, like JOI, is allowed to make a SOI series. ({ko'a soi ko'e soi = ko'i} is allowed.) SOI asserts that all sumti in the series can be swapped = in any order without changing the validity of the overall bridi. Otherwise,= you can remove all SOI (and insert the possibly elided {ku} where necessar= y) and parse the bridi exactly. (So every sumti still falls into the place = structure as if SOI wasn't there, except that the components of the series = can be swapped and replaced in any order.)

is shortened to<= /div>

mi soi do prami

And even more beneficial are longer sta= tements, such as

mi bevri lo tanxe ku ti soi tu ca'o bi cacra ca = lo cabdei

"I carried boxes there and back for eight hours today."=

(In the current system, the placement of {soi} is rather annoyin= g as well, as it kind of... sucks, no matter where you put it.)

<= br>

The main reason I had for the idea was that Lojban goes throu= gh so much effort to allow any place structure order that it is always the case that {soi} could be between the necessary sumti, with prop= er rearranging. Secondarily, it allows the extension of "vice-versa" to inc= lude multiple items. (The current SOI uses the restriction of requiring exa= ctly two items to help with VOhA elision.)

However= , this type of change sorely disagrees with current usage, so a new word wo= uld be more proper than a replacement.

On a comple= te side note, I also dislike the current SOI process as it feels like it wa= s created with lame reasons behind it. I get the feeling that somebody came= up with VOhA for reflexives and somebody didn't like that a whole series o= f words was being created for one purpose. That, or maybe somebody liked th= at {vo'a vo'e} parallels "vice-versa" phonetically. Both of which are prett= y lame reasons to not think of a better way of doing things.

And on a final side note, I would also like to mention that the = reciprocity should be able to be expressed without filling the places, as i= n the current:

{mi prami soi vo'a vo'e} for "I love something (an= d it loves me)"

The way I would do that with my proposal would be= :

{mi soi vo'e prami}, where vo'e fills the place it represents.<= /div>
(Once again, if anyone actually likes this proposal, we would nee= d a word other than {soi} to use.)

mu'o mi'e djos<= /div>
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