Re: [lojban] Re: Named multiples

[purpleposeidon <purpleposeidon@gmail.com>]

I think the last 40 or so messages are somewhat tangential to the
first one. Continuing in that manner: That using cmeselbri would turn
{la .djan. klama} into a sumti makes me sad. It would make all of the
lessons invalid. What if they were forbidden in being part of a tanru?
Perhaps the grammar could look like:

selbri-6 =
    tanru-unit [BO # selbri-6]
    | [NAhE #] guhek selbri gik selbri-6
    | CMEVLA



On 5/24/10, Lindar <lindarthebard@yahoo.com> wrote:
> So, is the proposal that ".randomcmevlastring." is just a selbri with
> a meaning "x1 is called 'randomcmevlastring'" ? Cos if so, that's
> actually a good idea. From how you were explaining it before, I
> thought you were proposing to say, that ".spagetis." should be a
> selbri with a meaning "x1 is spaghetti", which is a horrible idea. I
> think somebody had already mentioned it, but it would make a name like
> "Little John" or "Big Stu" easier to translate, and we could ascribe
> qualities of people to things in tanru.
>
> So, I'm sorry if my previous post came off as an emotional appeal.
>
> If your proposal is to make .cmevlastrings. mean x1 is
> called .cmevlastrings., then I like it.
>
> However, that doesn't really solve the initial problem, from what I
> can see. Isn't "la .bu,ik." still the company, and not the brand of
> car? How would one, under this system, refer to a plate of spaghetti,
> or a specific make of vehicle, using this new system versus the
> current system?
>
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