Subject: [lojban] Re: ynai

From: Lionel Vidal <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 10:48:20 +0200

Jordan DeLong wrote:

>On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 06:39:16PM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> 
>
>>What about {mi viska le bloti .ui .y. nai}?
>> 
>>
>
>The way the bnf is defined that would not parse, unfortunately.
>
And this actually contradicts slightly the CLL (p484): "it can appear 
anywhere at all in a
lojban sentence except in the middle of a word"

>The rules for that stuff are informal though; they shouldn't be
>taken too literally. "Y" really ought to be dealt with at the same
>level as si/sa/su, as someone mentioned.
>
Indeed. Anf then it should be removed entirely from the formal grammar 
and handle through
a new 'Filtering Step'. (probably something for the BPFK)
But note that it should be filtered *before* SI/SA/SU stuff: there is 
no need to erase a harmless
Y, whereas I may *very much* hesitate before uttering an erasing SA :-)
(BTW, here is food for another thread: this nasty SA is still to be 
formalized AFAIK, and this
is not an easy job :-)

Best wishes,
Lionel Vidal