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Subject: [lojban] Re: the meter is a unit of length
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John E Clifford wrote:
> 
> This doesn't look right.  x1 of {gradu}is a unit
> of measurement, x1 of {klani} is a magnitude on a
> scalem so presumably a number or some such thing,
> x1 of {mitre} is a physical object (which x1 of
> {gradu} may be, but need not be, and x1 of
> {klani} can't be).   This may be as close as
> Lojban gets to a Whorf effect: meters can't be
> things here so we have to find some new way of
> talking (and thinking?) around what we usually
> say taking a meter to be a sort (but what sort?)
> of thing.

To me, x1 of {klani} is a thing being measured, just as x1 of {mitre} 
is, so it's a general unit word. So I use it to form words like 
{tcatymuclai}, using them like {litce} or {dekpu} or other such words: 
{le vi sanso cu tcatymuclai li re}.

phma


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