Re: [lojban] Types of fu'ivla in natural languages

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

Craig scripsit:

> My sense is that type 1 is reasonably common, and in English is the same as
> type 2. 

The best analogue to Type 1 vs. Type 2 in English is talking about Muenchen
vs. Munich, I think.

> Type 3
> don't occur in English

I think that "Gobi Desert" and "Missisippi River" are analogues, given that
"-bi" and "-sippi" already mean "desert" and "river" in the source languages.

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