Re: [lojban] Re: COI, UI (was Re: cfari)

[Invent Yourself <xod@thestonecutters.net>]

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Robin Lee Powell wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 02:37:34PM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote:
> > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:25:36AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > > > --- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:01:06AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Numbers with letters as digits would not be so
> > > > > > straightforward, but what would they be used for? The
> > > > > > usual talk of using letters for the units of dimensioned
> > > > > > numbers is nonsense because units don't work like that in
> > > > > > Lojban.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've never heard 'the usual talk'.  You mean things like "li
> > > > > pa re my" for 12 meters?
> > > >
> > > > Right. But 12 meters is {lo mitre be li pare}.
> > >
> > > "li pa re my" seems perfectly reasonable if such a format has
> > > been previously agreed upon.
> >
> >
> > xu lu li pa re gy. li'u selsmuni 12 gerku .i zo li nibli le du'u
> > my. .e gy. namcu
>
> xu zo fi'u cu namcu .i mi na krici


ni'i la'e de'u lo'u li gerku le'u cu selsmuni le ni gerku .i zekri ju
melbi



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