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From: Zefram <zefram@fysh.org>
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Subject: [lojban] Re: is minli irregular?
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Philip Newton wrote:
>I suppose {fepni} is intended to be used for currency subunits, though
>I can see how it would be more convenient to say the equivalent of
>"one dollar sixty-five" rather than "one dollar and sixty-five cents".

Indeed, just as {gutci}'s subunit place allows one to say "my height is
five feet four" instead of "my height is five feet and four inches".
And note that {gucti} and {milni}, both of which have subunit places,
both measure length, but at different scales.  In this respect they
parallel {rupnu} and {fepni}.

-zefram