[lojban] Re: "la" rule

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

On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 07:45:21PM -0500, Robert McIvor wrote:
> 
> On 13 Nov, 2006, at 17:36, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> 
> >Robert McIvor wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>And the rule was altered to cover the LaPlace situation. I
> >>believe  the current solution allows unambiguous parsing of
> >>names (in  Loglan), and has only the restriction that names end
> >>with a  consonant and a pause.
> >I'm still not fully understanding how the new Loglan rule covers
> >all cases. What about someone named, say {parmalagan}? Is {la
> >parmalagan} a single person, or is it {la parma la gan}, two
> >sumti,  the first being LA on a hypothetical predicate {parma}?
> 
> la parmalagan would be la Parmalagan, because la parma would need
> to  be followed by a pause to be la parma la gan

Why is that, exactly?  That wasn't mentioned in your full
description.

Is that a pause before la, or a pause after anything after la, even
if it's not a name?

-Robin

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