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[lojban] Re: y: what is it good for?
On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 06:06:05PM -0400, Nora LeChevalier wrote:
> At 09:22 AM 5/14/04 -0700, Robin wrote:
> >On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 08:17:30AM -0700, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> >>
> >> --- "Adam D. Lopresto" <adam@pubcrawler.org> wrote:
> >> > I almost wish ybu weren't, and were replaced with something like
> >> > pensi bu, but that's going way too far.
> >>
> >> Excellent suggestion.
> >
> >I agree, actually. It is *without* *question* a language change, but
> >it's a *damned* good idea.
>
> I disagree. "y.bu" is the letter "y"; "pensi bu" is a symbol for
> thinking/thinker or something like that; fine for a symbol for
> hesitation if you want that. But, they are separate things.
They are seperate things now; the point is to drop "ybu" because it's a
horrible wart.
-Robin
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