On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 4:44 PM, A. PIEKARSKI <to...@rogers.com> wrote: >> From: Jorge Llambías <jjllamb...@gmail.com> > >> At some point, after CLL and LfB were >> written, we decided that using "cmene" in English with this specialized >> meaning was a bad idea, because "cmene" doesn't mean and never meant that in >> Lojban. > > I understand what you are saying. But when you say "we", do you mean the BPFK > (i.e. is it 'official')?
I mean we the English speaking Lojban community. The BPFK does not have any authority on the English language, does it? > And where is this decision 'enshrined'? Shouldn't it be on some > BPFK page on the wiki? After all, when there is an apparent discrepency > between > CLL and jbovlaste, most people who don't know the history will likely choose > CLL as > the final authority. I don't think any of those have any official authority on English usage anyway. Are you concerned about the meaning of "cmene" and "cmevla" as used in Lojban, or as used in English jargon when talking about Lojban? "cmene" in Lojban has always meant "x1 is the name of x2 as used by x3", it has never meant "word form that ends in a consonant". "cmene" in English jargon is sometimes used to mean "Lojban word form that ends in a consonant", but now we prefer to use "cmevla" for that. mu'o mi'e xorxes
