[lojban] Re: COI, UI (was Re: cfari)

[Invent Yourself <xod@thestonecutters.net>]

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Robin Lee Powell wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:25:36AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > --- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:01:06AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > > > Numbers with letters as digits would not be so
> > > > straightforward, but what would they be used for? The usual
> > > > talk of using letters for the units of dimensioned numbers is
> > > > nonsense because units don't work like that in Lojban.
> > >
> > > I've never heard 'the usual talk'.  You mean things like "li pa
> > > re my" for 12 meters?
> >
> > Right. But 12 meters is {lo mitre be li pare}.
>
> "li pa re my" seems perfectly reasonable if such a format has been
> previously agreed upon.


xu lu li pa re gy. li'u selsmuni 12 gerku .i zo li nibli le du'u my. .e
gy. namcu



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