From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Jun 19 16:07:30 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:07:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1I0mmz-0008Kz-8V for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:07:09 -0700 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1I0mmy-0008Ks-IH for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:07:08 -0700 Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:07:08 -0700 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Founders: sei restriction motivation? Message-ID: <20070619230708.GL10939@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <200706192243.l5JMh3BK017187@express.cec.wustl.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200706192243.l5JMh3BK017187@express.cec.wustl.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 13741 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Yeah, I didn't realize that the point was that you mostly don't have to say "se'u". Question withdrawn. -Robin On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 06:43:00PM -0400, adam@wustl.edu wrote: > I always thought it was a deliberate decision, not a grammar > limitation. What's the difference between your modified (trailing > sumti accepting) SEI/SEhU and TO/TOI? Further, any change would > be non-backwards compatable, reparsing {sei la .alis. cusku mi > gleki} like {sei la .alis. cusku be mi se'u gleki} instead of {sei > la .alis. cusku se'u mi gleki}. Unless I'm completely > misunderstanding your question. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robin Lee Powell > Subj: [lojban] Founders: sei restriction motivation? > Date: Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:46 pm > Size: 554 bytes > To: lojban-list@lojban.org > > > Is there any reason for the "cmavo in sei...se'u must be linked by > be/bei/be'o" restriction? Besides computer grammar issues, I mean. -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.