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Re: [lojban] completely off-topic

Isn't "the letteral '.'" precisely translated by {me'o denba bu}? Just like "the word 'prami'" is {zo prami}? A letteral used as a sumti is usually understood to be a pro-sumti, as per http://dag.github.io/cll/17/9/

iesk was probably referring to the idea of using lerfu words as references to themselves, which would explain the sentence, regardless of what dotside is.


On 22 December 2013 17:53, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
Because I'm talking about the letteral ".", not the mathematical _expression_ {pi}.


On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 5:24 AM, iesk <pa.fae@gmx.de> wrote:
Le dimanche 22 décembre 2013 12:31:40 UTC+1, aionys a écrit :

> .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o

Why don't you use {me'o denpa bu}? I understand your {denpa bu} as an anaphora. A kind of unusual one, since word-initial glottal stops are ignored in the letterals-as-pro-sumti tradition. {me'o denpa bu goi denpa bu}? ;)

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mu'o mi'e .aionys.


.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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