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    • Re:Re:BPFK Section: lerfu Shifts

    Posted by arj on Thu 13 of Nov, 2003 22:23 GMT posts: 953

    > So what I mean by "deprecated" is this: the construct is permissible, but future instructional materials in Lojban should feel free to not teach it. Its meaning is left up to the interpretation of whatever listener might understand it. I don't see this as prescribing how people should use the language; I see this as getting rid of baggage so we can get on with accurately specifying the parts of the language that are useful.

    Here is a proposal that I hope will be acceptable to both of us. The intent is to provide guidance to future (and present) writers of instructional materials, while not actually changing the language per se.

    Given that Lojban does not seem to be intended for holding multilingual spelling bees, and learning material containing many unused cmavo with bizarre functions could confuse learners of the language, the BPFK does not recommend to include alphabet shifts (including zai as well) in learning materials intended even for advanced learners.


    (I actually edited this into the page, being unaware of the proper procedures, but it is rolled back now. Sorry.)

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