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[lojban] Re: Format of definitions in jbovlaste



At 04:58 PM 3/9/03 -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 07:03:35PM -0500, John Cowan wrote:
> Pierre Abbat scripsit:
> > la tsali has been putting some definitions like "g1=b1 is
> > Indonesia". Does jbovlaste interpret g1 as the first place and b1 as
> > the second or both as the first?
>
> Both as the first; that's what "g1=b1" means, that the first places
> have the same meaning and are consolidated.  Whatever is "lo gugde" is
> also "lo bindo".

Actually, jbovlaste doesn't interpret the definition text in any fashion
whatever.  That's for humans to read.

Even so, barring some kind of statement otherwise, people should try to abide by the conventions in CLL (which Nick invented and I think described in his paper, which was abridged for CLL). No doubt, *someone* will have to put them in a standard format in order for the words to be voted on and published.

lojbab

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