Re: [lojban] lujvo for "spelling"? (was Re: [lojban-beginners] How do you write "Eyjafjallajökull"? (a sentence from tatoeba))

[Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Jacob Errington <nictytan@gmail.com> wrote:

Also, I have better than good reason to believe that it's NOT the
variable b, given the definition of me'o which I'd assumed you'd know:
"me'o = the mathematical _expression_ (unevaluated); convert unevaluated
mathematical _expression_ to sumti."

What is the unevaluated _expression_ "2+2" ? I think it's "2+2". That
leads me to believe that the unevaluated _expression_ "b" is "b", even
if b has the value, say, 4, in which case its evaluated _expression_ is
"4" and not "b".

Yes, the unevaluated _expression_ "b" is "b", however, it is the VARIABLE "b", NOT the LETTER "b". We're talking about mathematics here. Math doesn't have letters. It has constants, variables, and operations. Things REPRESENTED by letters are VARIABLES.

-- 
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.i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o
(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )

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