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On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Jorge Llambías wrote: > > la pier cusku di'e > > > > I don't understand why any of these new words are needed. The only kind of > > > article I see necessary is one for sequences, since we have a conjunction > > > that makes sequences. > > I think an article corresponding to {fa'u} would be even more useful. > I have often found I needed one. How would it work? > > la xod cusku di'e > > > This is the rebirth of a discussion that raged here months ago, and now > > all the principals (Nick, Jorge, And Rosta) are mysteriously silent. For > > background, I suggest you take a look at the past 200 archived messages. > > I don't object to your suggestion. In the case of {lo'e} it would suit > my usage very well, because it would officialize {lo'e} for unique, and > the other allowed meanings are never used anyway, so they wouldn't > really interfere. In the case of {loi} I'm not so sure. I have not felt > much need for a substance gadri, but I see it could have some uses. Is unique = prototype? Is unique = Mister? Or "typical"? I'm not sure which other meanings are fused inside lo'e. But no one can or should deny the your historical usage of lo'e. -- The Pentagon group believed it had a visionary strategy that would transform Iraq into an ally of Israel, remove a potential threat to the Persian Gulf oil trade and encircle Iran with U.S. friends and allies...