Subject: Re: [lojban] Why {selbroda}?

From: John Cowan <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 01:21:15 -0500 (EST)

Rob Speer scripsit:

> The discussion about {nalmorji} brought up something that's been bothering me.
> Why do we use words like {selbroda} at all in Lojban? Doesn't it mean exactly
> the same as {se broda}? {se broda} has the same number of syllables and one
> less consonant to pronounce as well.

Well, "selbri" is shorter than "se bridi", though it means the same:
but more importantly, the meaning is packaged up as a word. You can
memorize "selbri", whereas "se bridi" has to be worked out.

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John Cowan [email-masked]
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