[lojban] Re: Magic words (was: experimental cmavo in lojgloss.)

["Daniel Brockman" <daniel@brockman.se>]

> I may not be giving you what is strictly the
> "currently official rule".

Good, because I'm more interested in the "currently most likely to eventually
become the official rule."

>> So there is no way to quote with {lo'u} text that contains {le'u}?
>
> In a rare occasion where that might be needed, you can say something like:
>
> lo'u ... le'u ce'o zo le'u ce'o lo'u ... le'u
>
> Longer, but clear enough.

I have no problem with that.

>>>> Is there a simple rule to follow?
>>>
>>> First come, first served. The first magic word is the one with the magic.
>>
>> Interesting.  That is definitely a simple rule. :-)
>>
>> Does that mean that {zo broda zei brode} is a lujvo (rather than a
>> quoted lujvo)?
>
> Exactly.

Great.  I love the simplicity of this rule.  It's actually learnable!

-- 
Daniel Brockman
daniel@brockman.se


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