Re: [lojban] Named multiples

[Daniel Brockman <daniel@brockman.se>]

2010/5/8 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Daniel Brockman <daniel@brockman.se> wrote:
>>> Anyway, I think your solution is great.  Do you see any problems with it?
>>
>> Maybe most obvious: {la .daniel. cu xagji} now requires a {cu}.
>
> Yes, you would need a few more "cu"s here and there, but that's hardly
> a big problem.

It's common to include that {cu} anyway, sort of "just to be safe."
So maybe it's time to capitalize on all those extra {cu}s that people
are already putting there.

> And the main advantage (which is being able to form tanru with a
> mix of cmevla and brivla) greatly offsets that minor inconvenience
> in my opinion.
>
> The real problem I see is that half(*) of the community would claim
> that this amounts to pulling the rug from under their feet as they are
> trying to learn the language, and all that stuff.

Agreed on both counts.

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