Re: [lojban] Re: "la" rule

[Robert McIvor <rmcivor@mac.com>]

And the rule was altered to cover the LaPlace situation.  I believe  
the current solution allows unambiguous parsing of names (in Loglan),  
and has only the restriction that names end with a consonant and a  
pause.

On 13 Nov, 2006, at 16:32, Bob LeChevalier wrote:

> John E Clifford wrote:
> (I don't think  the {lAItl} can be read as a sumti {lai tl}).
>
> Yes it can.
>
> la steven. lai tl. klama
>
> could mean that Steven is going to the Tulls.
>
> Reminding you of the olden days, my criticism of JCB's rules  
> focused on the mathematician "LaPlace" (this was mentioned in my  
> review of the last edition of Loglan 1)
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