Re: [lojban] Currency units

[Oren <get.oren@gmail.com>]

I like it because
 * it coins meaningful words (you know by the rafsi what it is)
 * it coins words rather uniformly, about as 'neutral' as you can get
 * it defers difficult distractions, like international standards, to
a larger, more accountable and qualified decision-making body

and also
 * it's automated
 * the script is 1KB

co'o mi'e korbi

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 08:02, Leo Molas <leos.molas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 04/03/2010 06:19 PM, Jorge Llambías wrote:
>> Perhaps not as important as languages and countries, but since we're
>> doing ISO codes, there's also currency units:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217
>>
>> These are three letter codes, and the obvious gismu to use as prefix
>> is "rupnu" (rafsi "rup" and "ru'u").
>>
>> For codes that start with a vowel, prefix rupn-:
>>
>> AOA (Angolan kwanza) -> rupna'o'a
>> EUR (euro) -> rupne'u'ru
>> UYU (Uruguayan peso) -> rupnuje'u
>> USD (United States dollar) -> rupnusudu
>>
>> For codes that start with a consonant, prefix ru'ur-
>>
>> COU (Colombian unidad de valor real) -> ru'urcu'o'u
>> CAD (Canadian dollar) -> ru'urcu'adu
>> CVE (Cape Verde escudo) -> ru'urcuvu'e
>> JPY (Japanese yen) -> ru'urjupuje
>>
>> For codes that start with r (only four in all) prefix ru'un-
>>
>> RON   (Romanian new leu) -> ru'unru'onu
>> RSD   (Serbian dinar) -> ru'unrusudu
>> RUB   (Russian rouble) -> ru'unru'ubu
>> RWF   (Rwandan franc)  -> ru'unruvefu
>>
>> mu'o mi'e xorxes
>>
>
> I really like it.
>
> I think currency wasn't a problem (there isn't a gismu for dollar... I
> expect) so this could be rapidly implemented. (I'm going to do scripts
> for this and for the language one.)
>
> Many people may think all of this is pointless, because they don't care
> about cultural neutrality, or don't like the method, or whatever. I
> think there will be people that won't use this fu'ivla, people that like
> this, and people who are against this method. I would like to know the
> opinions of the last two groups (since the first one won't be affected
> if we upload this to jbovlaste, for example).
>
> mu'o mi'e .leos.
>
>
>

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