[lojban-beginners] Re: looking for new name

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:46 PM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010/3/10 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
>> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 6:51 PM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> If the name is meant to have two parts, probably "zi'eful.favysejmiv"
>>> with an inbetween dot is the safest option in the parser-oriented,
>>> formal areas of Lojbanistan. But people (including myself) often opts
>>> to omit dots for aesthetic or pragmatic reasons (e.g. "the
>>> letter-space is enough for us humans to see the division of words").
>>
>> Actually, it's the other way around. The parser only needs a space to
>> know that in that context it represents an obligatory pause. The dot
>> is optional, and there only for the benefit of the humans, as a
>> remainder that they must include a pause there.
>
> But jbofi'e seems to be as much helped by the dot as by a space when
> it's given "iu.ui" at one time and "iu ui" at another time. And: in
> the case of "iu.ui", the space is optional; in the case of "iu ui",
> the dot is optional. It's the same for cmevla cases like "la
> brod.brod"/"la brod brod", "la zi'eful.favysajmiv"/"la zi'eful
> favysajmiv", etc.

Yes, that's what I said, the parser doesn't care whether you use a dot
or a space. The dot is only useful as a reminder for the human reader.

mu'o mi'e xorxes