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Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Mini-rant: gismu place consistency
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On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org> wrote:
>
>>  I think we should drop the direction place of "mitre" and the subunit
>> places.
>> I have no idea what to put in a subunit place,
>
>
> I'm pretty sure it's there to be an identifier: {gutci fo la.intc.} (feet)
> vs. {gutci fo lo degji} (cubit).
>
> It's seems a circumspect way to do so to me, though, and I'm just guessing.
>
> If that is indeed the intention, I agree that that place is pointless and
> should be dropped, possibly replacing it with a me'e place. (In the x2,
> pushing the rest one down?)
>


  No, it's a numeric, such as mi li mu lo merko  li pano --> I am 5'10"  It
appears at the end to not break the consistency (such as it is) with other
measurment gismu.

          --gejyspa

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Jonathan Jones <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:eyeonus@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">eyeonus@gmail.com</a>&gt;<=
/span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"im">On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 2:2=
6 PM, Pierre Abbat <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:phma@bezitopo.or=
g" target=3D"_blank">phma@bezitopo.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>

</div>I think we should drop the direction place of &quot;mitre&quot; and t=
he subunit places.<br>
I have no idea what to put in a subunit place, </blockquote></div><div><br>=
I&#39;m pretty sure it&#39;s there to be an identifier: {gutci fo la.intc.}=
 (feet) vs. {gutci fo lo degji} (cubit).<br><br>It&#39;s seems a circumspec=
t way to do so to me, though, and I&#39;m just guessing.<br>

<br>If that is indeed the intention, I agree that that place is pointless a=
nd should be dropped, possibly replacing it with a me&#39;e place. (In the =
x2, pushing the rest one down?)</div></blockquote></div><br><br></div>
<div class=3D"gmail_extra" style>=A0 No, it&#39;s a numeric, such as mi li =
mu lo merko =A0li pano --&gt; I am 5&#39;10&quot; =A0It appears at the end =
to not break the consistency (such as it is) with other measurment gismu.</=
div>
<div class=3D"gmail_extra" style><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra" style=
>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 --gejyspa</div></div>

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