Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 12:25:50 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199801031725.MAA07070@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Ashley Yakeley Sender: Lojban list From: Ashley Yakeley Subject: Re: doi fraxinus communis X-To: Lojban List To: John Cowan Status: OR X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 908 X-From-Space-Date: Sat Jan 3 12:25:51 1998 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU At 1998-01-03 07:08, Colin Fine wrote: >>fe'oca'emi'e tricrfraksizeicecmu .iji'a ca'emi'e .aclin. > >Does 'tricrfraksizeicecmu' work as one word? I suspect it would fall >apart - if it falls apart at the 'zei' that's not really a problem, >because 'tricrfraksi zei cecmu' is valid and equally meaningful That was the intention. I just prefer to write it together. > (though cecmu != kampu); I don't understand this. > but I can't work out if it mightn't fall apart >somewhere else. Well, I followed the procedure on pp62-63, so it should be OK. >On another point, I would prefer tricrfraksinu to tricrfraksi. There's >no rule about how to do this, but IMHO arbitrarily docking a syllable >off the word is naughty. Yeah, you're probably right. But before I change it, could you tell me the correct stress for the Linnaean name "Fraxinus"? -- fe'oca'emi'e tricrfraksizeicecmu .iji'a ca'emi'e .aclin.