Re: [lojban] Lojban for one dozen dozen, a gross or 144

[Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org> wrote:

On Thursday, October 17, 2013 17:33:16 Michael Turniansky wrote:
>   Using "pare" as the argument to "ju'u" is asking for trouble, since
> interpreting its meaning depends upon the base you are in! Every numbering
> system thinks it's in base "10".  That's why gai is a safer choice.

"ju'u" being in VUhU makes no sense. It ought to be in PA3.

What is "pa'i" for? It seems redundant to "fe'i".

    As redundant as parbi/frinu/dilcu  But for some reason, natlangs like to treat ratios (a:b) distinct from fractions (a/b) and division (a÷b).  Perhaps because you can use ratios as n-ary operations, unlike fractions or division.  Perhaps it's because we often leave ratios unevaluated *shrug*

 

      --gejyspa

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