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Re: [lojban] Re: emotions

At 02:13 PM 5/26/03 +0000, jjllambias2000 wrote:

la lojbab cusku di'e
> >In any case, the best way to oppose these words is to provide
> >good canonical alternatives, as Nick said.
>
> Nora suggested that no noncanonical word should be allowed to be
added to
> the jbovlaste UNLESS a canonical (perhaps longer) alternative has
already
> been added.

That seems to put the onus on the wrong party. If I wanted
{parji} to be adopted then I'd be tempted to enter an unappealing
canonical alternative so that it won't really compete with my
proposal.
One would hope that people would abide by the spirit of the rule, and not play such games. 

lojbab

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