[lojban] Re: ynai

[Lionel Vidal <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

Jordan DeLong wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 06:39:16PM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
>  
>
> > What about {mi viska le bloti .ui .y. nai}?
> >    
>
> The way the bnf is defined that would not parse, unfortunately.
And this actually contradicts slightly the CLL (p484): "it can appear 
anywhere at all in a
lojban sentence except in the middle of a word"

> The rules for that stuff are informal though; they shouldn't be
> taken too literally.  "Y" really ought to be dealt with at the same
> level as si/sa/su, as someone mentioned.
Indeed.  Anf then it should be removed entirely from the formal grammar 
and handle through
a new 'Filtering Step'. (probably something for the  BPFK)
But note that it should be filtered *before*  SI/SA/SU stuff:  there is 
no need to erase a harmless
Y, whereas I may *very much* hesitate before uttering an erasing SA :-)
(BTW, here is food for another thread: this nasty SA is still to be 
formalized AFAIK, and this
is not an easy job :-)

Best wishes,
Lionel Vidal