Re: [lojban] RE^n+m:literalism

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

Pierre Abbat wrote:

> By the way, x3 of "mitre" is the dimension, whereas x3 of "gutci" is the
> standard, x4 is an inch, and there is no place for dimension. So how do you say
> that something is one foot long?

You say that its length (ni clani) is mitre li pa.

> On top of that, for "minli", x3 is the subunit
> and x4 is the standard!

Ugh.

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