From lojban-out@lojban.org Sat Aug 21 08:44:41 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 62056 invoked from network); 21 Aug 2004 15:44:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m14.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 21 Aug 2004 15:44:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 21 Aug 2004 15:44:41 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1ByY2m-0004yG-NJ for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:44:37 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ByY20-0004wi-Ol; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:43:48 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:43:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.193] helo=mproxy.gmail.com) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ByY1m-0004w1-RN for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:43:35 -0700 Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 76so29752rnl for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:43:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.70.46 with SMTP id s46mr478334rna; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:43:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.15.76 with HTTP; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:43:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <537d06d0040821084353ec5ad9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:43:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20040821153920.GA26995@fysh.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII References: <20040821153920.GA26995@fysh.org> X-archive-position: 8519 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: philip.newton@gmail.com X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-From: Philip Newton From: Philip Newton Reply-To: philip.newton@gmail.com Subject: [lojban] Re: is minli irregular? X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 22936 On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:39:20 +0100, Zefram wrote: > And a related irregularity: the definition of {rupnu} (local major > monetary unit) makes no mention of subunits. Is that intentional? > I'd say that subunits are quite frequently used with monetary units, > but of course they're mostly decimal-based subunits, so I can see why > the subunits places might have been omitted. I suppose {fepni} is intended to be used for currency subunits, though I can see how it would be more convenient to say the equivalent of "one dollar sixty-five" rather than "one dollar and sixty-five cents". mu'o mi'e .filip. -- Philip Newton