On 10 Jun 2015 08:49, <spheniscine@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Why not propose those? Or at least include them among candidate solutions.
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> It would have much the same problems as converting all numerals in character strings to {pabu} etc. would.
If I've read you right, the problem is that it's burdensome for speakers to have to remember whether they intend to 'refer' to a numeral or to a digit. But isn't such a distinction what you'd want from a logical language?
An advantage of _pa'y_ is that if speakers think of _abu_ or _a'y_ as one word, and that is good, and of _pabu_ as two, and that is bad, then _pa'y_ makes it all good.
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