[lojban] x1 to the left

[Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>]

It just fully occurred to me again how absurd this is.  What was the reasoning behind deciding that the x1 goes to the left of the selbri and if you want to say "mi prami do" with the selbri first you must say "prami fa mi do"?

It seems silly and arbitrary that if you just see "prami mi" you assume that the "mi" takes the x2.  It seems like the general rule should be "if you see a selbri, it's the selbri, if you see a sumti, make it the first sumti, if you already have a first sumti, make it the second sumti, etc..." until the whole bridi is understood but this general understanding of a bridi needs a special rule to handle "am I to the right or left of the selbri".  Why this bizarre rule?

mu'o mi'e cribe

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