[lojban] Re: gleki xisri'i

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 07:18:43AM +0300, Cyril Slobin wrote:
> > I imagine that figuring out that "nu le broda broda" means "nu
> > le broda KU broda KEI" in real time would *really* suck.  I
> > don't think a human could keep up.
> 
> I agree. I do not suggest to change the rules, I am trying to say
> that we need a better explanation of "the innermost the longest"
> rule. In fact we need *some* explanation of this rule: it is a
> common lojban lore, but I haven't seen it written explicitly in
> CLL or elsewhere. And I believe that the explanation should *not*
> refer to YACC, LALR, and other low-level tech details. We must
> found a way to explain this in the language terms.

IIRC, jcowan was able to explain this to me without resorting to
same, although I don't remember how.  But yes, I agree.

-Robin

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