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Subject: [lojban] y: what is it good for?
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In another thread:

rlpowell:
Basically, Y is caught anywhere that *any* Lojban word would
normally be valid, so it can be used in ZEI, BU, ZOI, and ZO.
Probably some others. As an *extra* special case, it cannot have
BAhE applied to it, because that would just be silly.

xorxes:
Why not restrict it to {ybu} only, then, since it is also silly
with the other words. You could actually be hesitating, and then
you have to start erasing y's, which is very silly.

rlpowell: 
What about 'zo y'?

xorxes:
{zo y y y nalselmorjyvalsi} should be the same as {zo nalselmorjyvalsi},
you shouldn't be forced into {zo y y y si si si si zo nalselmorjyvalsi},
and that's assuming you actually count your y's when you hesitate... To
actually quote the noise you'd need {zoi ly y y y ly}.

- ----

I can absolutely see both sides of this argumunt, all the way from "only
zoi can quote y, period" through to "even ba'e works on y", and I'd like
other people's opinions.

-Robin

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