Re: [lojban] Open approach (was "cultural fu'ivla")

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Leo Molas <leos.molas@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> AR -> gugde'aru
>> US -> gugde'usu
>> AO -> gugde'a'o
>> LU -> gugdelu'u
>> RW -> gugderuve
>> CL -> gugdeculu
>> SE (Sweden) -> gugdesu'e
>
> Thanks xorxes in correcting it :) but I have a doubt: why {gugdelu'u}
> for example, doesn't break down?

Because "gd" is not a valid initial, so "gu gdelu'u" is not possible.
There is no other possibility. The only stressed syllable is LU, and
it contains a consonant cluster, so it is a brivla, and since it is
not a lujvo form, it is a valid fu'ivla form. If it was "gugde lu'u"
it would have the stress on GUG, stress is very important to determine
brivla.

> I have to admit that the method doesn't give us a beautiful result
> (neither a resembling one), and I even didn't like at all at first, but
> it's the plainest, it can live among other methods easily, and doesn't
> need too much work (if I, or whoever, make a program for it). What do
> you (jbopre) think?

It's even simpler than the method for languages, because it uses the
same prefix for all cases. The resulting forms, with four syllables,
are not too long, and (unlike type-3 fu'ivla) they do sound like
ordinary lojban words. It's true that they don't resemble the name of
the country, but the code is fairly transparent.

I have to say I didn't like the idea of using the ISO-codes to form
fu'ivla at first, but now I think it's not such a bad idea at all, as
long as the method used is simple and transparent.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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