[lojban-beginners] A friggin' proposal.

[Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>]

Here it is. It's simple:

Always begin all jufra with {.i} or {ni'o}. This includes the first utterance. This enables one to easily determine whether something said is intended as a continuation of the previous speaker's jufra or starting a new one.

Example:

Current usage:

A: do klama ma
B: lo zarci

Humans understand this to mean "do klama ma .i lo zarci", while a machine parser will understand it to mean "do klama ma lo zarci", which is not the same.

Proposal usage:

A: .i do klama ma
B: .i lo zarci

Both humans and a machine parser understand this to mean ".i do klama ma .i lo zarci".

Benefits:

One person can easily complete another's jufra by merely not beginning with {.i}. Occasions on which this ability may be desired are: twins finishing each other's sentences, parent's teaching children new words, teaching in general (T:"Two plus two is...?" S:"4!").

Downfall:

Needing to say {.i}
Possible ambiguity involving quote words, which could require an explicit "continuance - non-continuance" tag cmavo.

-- 
mu'o mi'e .aionys.

.i.a'o.e'e ko cmima le bende pe lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o
(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )

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