From bob@gnu.ai.mit.edu Tue Jan 16 19:51:20 1996 Received: from albert.gnu.ai.mit.edu (albert.gnu.ai.mit.edu [128.52.46.31]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id TAA04544 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 19:51:15 -0500 Received: from spiff.gnu.ai.mit.edu by albert.gnu.ai.mit.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12GNU) with SMTP id TAA25547 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 1996 19:23:28 -0500 Received: by spiff.gnu.ai.mit.edu (5.65/4.0) id ; Tue, 16 Jan 96 19:21:25 -0500 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 96 19:21:25 -0500 Message-Id: <9601170021.AA07203@spiff.gnu.ai.mit.edu> From: "Robert J. Chassell" To: cowan@locke.ccil.org In-Reply-To: <199601161945.OAA09289@locke.ccil.org> (message from John Cowan on Tue, 16 Jan 1996 14:45:23 -0500 (EST)) Subject: Re: TECH QUERY: variant fu'ivla Status: OR X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 879 John Cowan said: ... in type 3 fu'ivla (those made with gismu-based prefixes): either a four-letter rafsi or a CCV rafsi can be used as the prefix (CVC and CVV rafsi aren't safe): "ricrxacere" and "tricrxacere" are both possibilities for "maple" (genus >Acer<). So far, the Lojban community hasn't taken a position on whether or not these are to be taken as equivalent. I favor declaring them equivalent: while this limits the theoretical size of fu'ivla space, it makes for simplicity: you need not remember whether "cipnrdodo" or "cpirdodo" is the official word for "dodo". Comments? I agree; these should be equivalent, just like lujvo. Robert J. Chassell bob@gnu.ai.mit.edu 25 Rattlesnake Mountain Road bob@rattlesnake.com Stockbridge, MA 01262-0693 USA (413) 298-4725