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Nice point. I have a prejudice against {me} based on its historic variety of disparate uses
(citations of CLL are notoriously unhelpful); if this will tie the meaning down and to a prime
concept, I am all for it.



> On 6/15/06, pycyn <wikidiscuss@lojban.org> wrote:
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> > 4. {pagbu} is historically the right word for the "among" relation in bunches
> > and the transitivity it implies is aciomatic.
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> I prefer {me} for that:
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> le tadni cu me le prenu poi sruri le dinju
> The students are among the people that surround the building.
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> That's how CLL uses it too:
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> la baltazar cu me le ci nolraitru
> Balthazar is one of the three kings.
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> I think {pagbu} can be used for things that are clearly not "among":
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> le xislu cu pagbu le karce
> The wheel is a part of the car.
> *The wheel is among the car.
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> mu'o mi'e xorxes
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