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

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

On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 08:12:55PM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> On Saturday 19 March 2011 15:42:17 Jorge Llambías wrote:
> > The real problem is not lerfu strings but allowing numerals to
> > mix with lerfu strings, 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.
> 
> I think mixing letters and numerals should continue to be allowed.
> A string of letters or numbers is quite common, such as VINs.

This comes up regularily in conversation for you?  *Seriously*?  So
much so that adding {bu} is a heavy-handed restriction?  I don't
believe you.

-Robin

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