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

Only problem with this argument is that afaict it winds up requiring a lot of {bu} when it requires any (Pierre's example winds up being {re bu bi bu .abu}), whereas {panzi be ny ci mei} is fixed by just one terminator. But then, the problem with {panzi be ny ci mei} is that you get in a habit of thinking of BY strings as being like KOhA, and ending when the lerfu end or when boi appears...and then you're wrong, because what you thought were BY strings are actually BY-and/or-PA strings. Which seems rather opposite to the whole "regular" thing. (Even though it actually is regular, it doesn't *feel* regular at all; does that count for anything?)

mu'o mi'e .latros.

On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 10:52:33PM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> On Saturday 19 March 2011 20:19:47 Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Just last week

Exactly.

-Robin

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