[lojban-beginners] Re: nitcu le denpa lerfu fi ma

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Dec 26, 2007 1:56 PM, Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   I'm sorry, but that's NOT what the CLL says.  From the same section:
>
>
> Within written text, the Lojban written word used as a delimiting word may
> not appear, whereas within spoken text, the sound of the delimiting word may
> not be uttered. This leads to occasional breakdowns of audio-visual
> isomorphism: Example 10.3 is fine in speech but ungrammatical as written,
> whereas Example 10.4 is correct when written but ungrammatical in
> speech.10.3) ?mi djuno fi le valsi po'u zoi gy. gyrations .gy.
>  I know about the word which-is ``gyrations''.
>
> 10.4) ?mi djuno fi le valsi po'u zoi jai. gyrations .jai
>
>
>  I know about the word which-is ``gyrations''.
>
>  -----  "jai"/"gy" only appears as part of "gyrations" but is explicitly
> disallowed.

OK, I didn't remember that CLL had that. In any case, such restriction
is not necessary, since there is no way that the "gy" or "jai" within
"gyrations", either in written text or as spoken, could be interpreted
as a delimiter. "gyrations" as written is a cmevla and "gy" cannot fall
off, and as pronounced it is also a cmevla or a foreign word, and "jai"
can't be separated either, so camxes will not have a problem with it.

mu'o mi'e xorxes