Re: [lojban] Anyone remember what lerfu strings are actually *for*?

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 04:42:17PM -0300, Jorge Llambías wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Robin Lee Powell
> <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone remember why this is a fundamental type?  I'm
> > guessing "complicated mekso shit", but I can't even think of any
> > examples there.
> 
> lerfu strings have the same uses as single lerfu, basically as
> pronouns: For example "by fy" for "la baupla fuzykamni", or "fy by
> .ibu" for FBI.
> 
> The real problem is not lerfu strings but allowing numerals to mix
> with lerfu strings, 

Yes, sorry, that's what I meant.

> which causes unwanted fails like the one you found in "panzi be ny
> ci mei". In the relatively rare cases where you do need to include
> a numeral in an acronym this could be done with the lerfu "pa bu",
> "re bu", "ci bu", etc. so you could do ".ubu rebu" if you wanted
> to translate "U2" as an acronym.
> 
> See "number and lerfu-string" in
> http://www.lojban.org/tiki/zasni+gerna+cenba+vreji

Great, thanks.

-Robin

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