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BPFK Section: Erasures

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> > Seems like what I have is actually "I'm tired of the thing
> > represented by :-)", whereas the translation I have si "mi tatpi
> > sei cisma bu" or something.
>
> {sei me cisma bu} maybe. {sei} takes a selbri.

Oh, yeah. I really, really hate that. {sei} should work like {to}.

> > >
"sa" erases the preceding text back until it sees a word of

> > > the same selma'o as the word that follows it; this earlier
> > > word is also erased. If you have no idea what a selma'o is,

> > > read "the same word" for "the same selma'o".

> > >
> > > I wouldn't use this chatty style in the definition. If you
> > > have no idea what a selma'o is, look it up under "selma'o",
> > > but this advice need not be given in the definition of sa.
> >
> > I've had several complaints about SA's use of selma'o being too
> > complicated because newbies don't know what that is.
>
> So are you proposing to change SA to something else? I wouldn't
> mind.

I'm not, no. I'm just explaining why that note is there. People
wanted to change it to "erases to the previous same word", which I
strongly dislike.

> > > Besides, using the same word, may get you the wrong behaviour.
> >
> > When, exactly?
>
> {da de di sa da} for example.

<nod> Point.

Removed.

-Robin