Date:  Thu, 16 Apr 1998 13:02:16 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Veijo Vilva <vilva@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI>
Subject:      Re: Lojban ML: Syllogism and sophism
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  mi pu cusku di'e

>   At least in Finnish, I have often seen a suitable idiomatic usage (used
>   e.g. for wind speeds)
>
>      20 sekuntimetri"a = 20 second meters   for 20 m/s
>

  Actually, this term, 'sekuntimetri' (Finnish), can be found in
  encyclopedias and is also used in the Scandinavian languages
  ('sekundmeter' in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish). It is quite
  commonly used in weather forecasts on the radio.

   co'o mi'e veion