[lojban] la'e di'u (was: experimental cmavo in lojgloss.)

["Chris Capel" <pdf23ds@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 06:11, Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a similar gripe about "di'u" and "la'e di'u". Why is the most
> common and useful "la'e di'u" a compound, and the less useful "di'u" a
> single word? Normally we are much more likely to want to talk about
> la'e di'u than about di'u.

You have to admit, it's a lot cleaner conceptually. What would be the
alternative? Keep di'u, and la'e, and add another cmavo (or several)
for la'e di'u simply because of the frequency of usage? Given that the
ambiguity of la'e could stand to be fixed, would we rather add
variations on la'e, or single-cmavo variations on la'e di'u?

Chris Capel
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