From lojban-out@lojban.org Wed Apr 07 03:28:42 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 28698 invoked from network); 6 Apr 2004 21:32:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.167) by m11.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 6 Apr 2004 21:32:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Apr 2004 21:32:41 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.30) id 1BAyBK-0005JZ-AG for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 06 Apr 2004 14:32:30 -0700 Received: from dsl081-049-134.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.49.134] helo=chain.digitalkingdom.org) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BAyAc-0005Iw-0s; Tue, 06 Apr 2004 14:31:46 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 06 Apr 2004 14:31:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.30) id 1BAyAT-0005Il-K0 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2004 14:31:37 -0700 Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 14:31:37 -0700 Message-ID: <20040406213137.GR5197@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20040406212400.GQ5197@digitalkingdom.org> <20040406212803.55348.qmail@web41902.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040406212803.55348.qmail@web41902.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i X-archive-position: 7461 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 X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Opinions on "mi viska le sa .i mi cusku zo .djan." X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 21947 On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 02:28:03PM -0700, Jorge Llamb?as wrote: > > --- Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 02:21:06PM -0700, Jorge Llamb?as wrote: > > > One additional advantage of the CMENE = BRIVLA move is that it > > > allows things like {la mikce jivagos} or {la famti tom}. > > > > Both of which are easy to construct other ways; 'zei' in particular. > > {zei} makes lujvo, not the same thing. \/\/hatever. la mikce me la jivagos me'u, then. What, this comes up in everyday speech for you? > But the main advantage is the reduction in useless proliferation of > selma'o. Not useless; it's already been shown that the proliferation allows eliding of a syllable in a very, very common case, which seems important to me. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "Many philosophical problems are caused by such things as the simple inability to shut up." -- David Stove, liberally paraphrased. http://www.lojban.org/ *** loi pimlu na srana .i ti rocki morsi