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>> The usual answer for the name of the dot is {denpa bu}.
>> However, {denpa bu} is not a name, it is a lerfu. Lerfu are
>> used in lojban as pronouns. To talk about the dot, we could
>> say {lo galxyfanta lerfu}, "the glottal-stop letter".

>For "this is a dot" I say {ti me me'o denpa bu}. There is also a word 
>{depybu'i}, but whether that means the same as {me me'o denpa bu} I don't 
>know.

I use "ti denpa lerfu". For a comma, I use "ti slaka lerfu." simple, no?

 -- .kreig.daniyl.

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