Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Some comments on the FAQ

From: "Jorge Llambias" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 01:07:31 +0000

la camgusmis cusku di'e

>On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 08:23:04PM +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote:
> >
> > la lojbab cusku di'e
> >
> > > >{djarspageti} is NOT a type-3 fu'ivla. Only consonant ending
> > > >rafsi can be used in type-3.
> > >
> > >That is NOT what CLL says, and it uses djarspageti as an example.
> >
> > This is the pertinent passage:
> >
> > Prefix the result of steps 1-5 with a 4-letter rafsi that categorizes 
>the
> > fu'ivla into a ``topic area''. It is only safe to use a 4-letter rafsi;
> > short rafsi sometimes produce invalid fu'ivla.
>
>Note the word 'sometimes'.

But I never disputed that djarspageti is a valid fu'ivla.

Type-3 require consonant ending rafsi as prefix precisely
because other vowel ending rafsi sometimes produce invalid
fu'ivla. Other times they produce valid fu'ivla, but they
are not Type-3, which are the ones that can be created
following the algorithm. Perhaps you are using a different
definition of type-3, one that does not allow generating
them easily?

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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