[lojban-beginners] Re: gismu abbreviations?

[MaryJo Wood <jurjyfrort@yahoo.com>]

Thanks for the help, that's just what I was looking
for.  It's nice to know about that longer alternate
form, too.  I think as long as I know a nice and
explicit long-winded unambiguous form at least exists,
I'll have peace of mind.  (I can be rather long-winded
in English too...)

I have to admit the rafsi 'mal' has already grown on
me.  I even took after the use of 'malglico' to
construct 'malchevni' in honor of the atheists meetup
I'll be attending on Tuesday.  ; )

-MJ / midj


--- Jorge Llambías <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>
wrote:

> The truth is that while Lojban is much more regular
than
> English in most respects, it isn't "perfect" in any
sense, and
> it probably couldn't possibly be, because what
someone
> may consider an imperfection someone else might
> consider an asset. Since most Lojbanists seem to be
like
> you and me in liking patterns and disliking
exceptions, the
> language may even evolve in the direction of
regularity in
> some areas, but in the case of rafsi this is hard to
see
> happening.  In the end you have to weigh all the
strong
> points of the language against the inevitable
imperfections
> and decide whether you like the product as a whole.
Some
> of the imperfections may even grow on you after a
while
> and you might even end up liking them :). 


		
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