Re: [bpfk] Re: Grammar of letterals and numerals in {li}

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Sunday, June 07, 2015 06:50:14 spheniscine@gmail.com wrote:
> I just wanted to say this.
> 
> I see the problem with the {abu za'u re'u cusku} examples; but all those
> happen *outside* LI...LOhO. They can be fixed without affecting the grammar
> *inside* LI...LOhO.
> 
> It isn't just about my date system, but also arbitrary character strings;
> what if you are trying to spell out a character string like
> 2164763278536578236z ? You'd start reading it as a number without appending
> {bu} to everything, but then suddenly run into a *mabla vlale'u*.
> 
> I do not see any advantage to affecting LI...LOhO.

I just posted on the beginners' list another reason for allowing letterals in 
numeral strings. I am a surveyor and have spent hours looking for a monument 
given its coordinates and recording coordinates of traverse points.

mu'omi'e .piier. noi xabju lo julra'o be li cimupivomunobiby. sa'i 
birepinobivovovy.
-- 
When a barnacle settles down, its brain disintegrates.
Já não percebe nada, já não percebe nada.

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