[lojban] Re: y: what is it good for?

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 04:32:16PM -0700, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> In any case, while I admit "ybu" would be a wart type-of word, the
> alternative seems worse to me: "You can hesitate between any pair of
> words except after "zo", before "bu", before or after "zei" or between
> "lo'u-le'u"". Hesitation is not something so easily controllable. 

I certainly see your point, but what you are talking about is so clearly
a change to the language as defined (rather than merely a change to the
"pre-processor" handling) that it's clearly outside the scope of what
I'm trying to do.  Sorry.

> This would make zo-, bu- and zei-phrases especially tight, such that
> they can't be broken by hesitation. Almost word-like.

Just thought you'd sneak that in there, huh?  :-)

Of course, words in Lojban *can* be broken by hesitation, so I'm not
sure what your point is.

-Robin

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