[lojban] Re: lo te cacra

[Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com>]

de'i li 29 pi'e 12 pi'e 2009 la'o fy. Jon Top Hat Jones .fy. cusku zoi
skamyxatra.
> cacra is defined in the gismu list as "x1 is x2 hours in duration (default
> is 1 hour) by standard x3"
> 
> jboski translates lo te cacra as "standard for hour".
> 
> This is confusing to me. What standard is being referred to, exactly?
.skamyxatra

{lo te cacra} is the definition of "hour" that the speaker is using.  See
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hour> for the various ways that it has been
defined throughout history.  Theoretically, {lo te cacra} could possibly also
include information related to relativity & time dilation, but that would
probably be better expressed with "{ma'i}."

mu'omi'e .kamymecraijun.

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