Re: [lojban] Re: fu'ivla's definition: loanword or morphological class

[Daniel Brockman <daniel@brockman.se>]

> However, as long as we're making {fu'ivla} in Lojban refer to the
> general loanword, I kind of disagree on its continued usage in English
> for the morphological class. If we're going to use {zi'evla} in
> Lojban, let us use it in English too.

It would take a long time to phase out the English word "fu'ivla".
So I think you should be prepared to accept it for a long time.

> I look down upon it in the same way as people using "cmene"
> to mean "words that end with a consonant-pause," rather than the
> correct "cmevla."

That's easy for you to say now.  It all depends on how long you've
been using the word.

> When a newcomer asks, "What are the types of words in Lojban?" I'd
> like people to answer, "cmevla, gismu, lujvo, and zi'evla." When the
> CLL gets updated some day, I wish to see virtually all mentions of
> "cmene" replaced with "cmevla" and "fu'ivla" with {zi'evla}.

Agreed.  Just don't expect it to happen quickly.

> It's not a matter of life or death, though. ;)

Again, agreed. :-)

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