From lojban+bncCK30vq5WEKeQlewEGgRm4xAe@googlegroups.com Sat Mar 19 17:20:11 2011 Received: from mail-pv0-f189.google.com ([74.125.83.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Q16NH-0003Pn-51; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:20:11 -0700 Received: by pvc22 with SMTP id 22sf1070416pvc.16 for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:19:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:x-beenthere:received-spf:date:from:to:subject :message-id:references:mime-version:in-reply-to:user-agent :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post :list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe :content-type:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3Up8poDT1/xdKqJqsrePuR6e4MBBzUXCYQu6QRTZDUg=; b=auDZrkuSUsobVk3/Ywh+knEhTYNNvTKJCaC8H5W7ym50IGcEtNEUWctAM9zgOFu8Q1 uTQUzZj1GsslzIWaW63XejYfXQQYnuyy1W+D+vyp7RxUP6exuGm9Qwr8IR+sB4NsyK5J y54fkHuqhK8TogOdY4siseKNaR5XLb6pl2q74= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:in-reply-to:user-agent:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding; b=tAxiuY7AO5wL2t7dZ483J3He7MT6jgp4ZcdKrjEEv173vDuOd5ONPbMxOYF1vwnkeu 0vyPWs6ScyfO/8dx3TKU6gBZ8EV+jsW/Y02EpXpU2GF+CifEWx78OWR+HSEWI8qhpxby GCu5UJKnkWT1I4bT/mN0EQwkVAx1bp/ZJHHWU= Received: by 10.143.27.9 with SMTP id e9mr105855wfj.16.1300580391552; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:19:51 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.142.156.18 with SMTP id d18ls4408802wfe.3.p; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:19:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.195.3 with SMTP id s3mr613560wff.22.1300580389793; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:19:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.195.3 with SMTP id s3mr613559wff.22.1300580389741; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:19:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org (digitalkingdom.org [173.13.139.234]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k41si3949488wfa.7.2011.03.19.17.19.48 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:19:48 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org designates 173.13.139.234 as permitted sender) client-ip=173.13.139.234; Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Q16N1-0003O4-Tz for lojban@googlegroups.com; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:19:47 -0700 Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:19:47 -0700 From: Robin Lee Powell To: lojban@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Anyone remember what lerfu strings are actually *for*? Message-ID: <20110320001947.GR17248@digitalkingdom.org> References: <20110319191714.GO17248@digitalkingdom.org> <201103192012.57005.phma@phma.optus.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <201103192012.57005.phma@phma.optus.nu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Original-Sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org designates 173.13.139.234 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 08:12:55PM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote: > On Saturday 19 March 2011 15:42:17 Jorge Llamb=EDas wrote: > > The real problem is not lerfu strings but allowing numerals to > > mix with lerfu strings, which causes unwanted fails like the one > > you found in "panzi be ny ci mei". In the relatively rare cases > > where you do need to include a numeral in an acronym this could > > be done with the lerfu "pa bu", "re bu", "ci bu", etc. so you > > could do ".ubu rebu" if you wanted to translate "U2" as an > > acronym. >=20 > I think mixing letters and numerals should continue to be allowed. > A string of letters or numbers is quite common, such as VINs. This comes up regularily in conversation for you? *Seriously*? So much so that adding {bu} is a heavy-handed restriction? I don't believe you. -Robin --=20 http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. 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