From jjllambias@hotmail.com Wed Jun 06 18:20:25 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 7 Jun 2001 01:20:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 16514 invoked from network); 7 Jun 2001 01:20:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 7 Jun 2001 01:20:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.240.134) by mta3 with SMTP; 7 Jun 2001 01:20:24 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 18:20:24 -0700 Received: from 200.69.11.27 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 07 Jun 2001 01:20:24 GMT X-Originating-IP: [200.69.11.27] To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Subject: Re: [lojban] More lexing curiosities - la'i within cmene? Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 01:20:24 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Jun 2001 01:20:24.0614 (UTC) FILETIME=[072A2C60:01C0EEF0] From: "Jorge Llambias" la djan cusku di'e >That isn't what the rule is: it's a rule for some other parallel universe. I don't follow rules just because they are there. I follow them when it makes sense to follow them (or when the punishment for breaking them makes it not worth it, but in this case there is no serious punishment). >It doesn't break up, but it's still an illegal cmene. Simplicity >beats inclusiveness. The inclusive rule is quite simple: You can't use la/lai/la'i/doi in cmene unless preceded by a consonant or y, or followed by a vowel or '. Since /la/ seems to be extremely frequent in names from all kinds of languages, I think anything that makes the rule more flexible and doesn't break resolvability should be acceptable. mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.