*old response to jimc

[Logical Language Group <lojbab@ACCESS.DIGEX.NET>]

Jim Carter wrote:
>The rules for combining probabilities are well known, but a neat and
>intuitive way to express probability statements would be a big help to
>language speakers.  And's {xoi <number>} idea looks attractive,
>particularly with a quasidigit such as {piso'i} (a lot).

We have this in Lojban, in the form of MEX+cu'o.

Arguably your take on the situation would support the existence of a
similar inflection in the "roi" series, which I would probably support.
But if there is no consensus, fi'o+MEX+cu'o should work though it might
demand a terminator on the end.  This is substantially less than "15
syllables", and much shorter than comparable English statements of
degree of probability.

lojbab