[lojban] Re: Metric units

[Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>]

--- Pierre Abbat wrote:
> I've thought of using the hyphen for this (le karce cu Mg- li 2). The slash
> is 
> unsuitable, since it's read as {fi'u} in such abbreviations as km/h 
> (ki'otrefi'ucacra). lo fi'ursnidu could be either a hertz or a becquerel.

How about using a hyphen but at the beginning of the abbreviation?
That way it is easier to parse, and besides the hyphen at the end I 
would reserve for splitting a word at the end of a line that continues
in the next line.

I would also include the "be li" as part of the abbreviation, so we
can say both {le karce cu -Mg 2} and {lo -Mg 2 cu dekto lo -kg 2},
without having to write any words between the unit and the number.
The abbreviations could not be used without a number, but 
that is the normal usage in other languages too, we can write
"1 kg" but not really "a kg".

mi'e xorxes



		
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