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Abbreviated reference to [[jbocre: The Complete Lojban Language|The Complete Lojban Language]] -- usual in the Lojban community because it is to date the only Lojban book!
Initially proposed (as '''xe'e''') by [[User:John Clifford|John Clifford]] (as an interpretation of [[User:xorxes|Jorge Llambias]]' '''xe'e''' ([[xe'e1]]): [http://balance.wiw.org/~jkominek/lojban/9411/msg00214.html renamed] by [[User:xorxes|Jorge Llambias]] to '''xa'a'''. [[And Rosta|And Rosta]] then suggested '''xa'anai''' take over from (his own) [[xo'o|xo'o]]: [http://balance.wiw.org/~jkominek/lojban/9411/msg00239.html renamed] by [[And Rosta|And Rosta]] to '''xo'u''' to avoid clash with [[Gerald Koenig|Gerald Koenig]]'s [[xa'a|xa'a]]: [http://balance.wiw.org/~jkominek/lojban/9412/msg00407.html threads] on mailing list archives involving this cmavo:


Also known jocularly as the [[jbocre: Codex Woldemar|Codex Woldemar]], & Lojbanically as ''la braxu'e ('Big Red Thing'), or ''le gencukta''.
*http://balance.wiw.org/~jkominek/lojban/9411/msg00214.html


''AKA the "Woldy Codex" and "The Woldy"''
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''Also known, unjocularly, as "The Refgram" [[jbocre: = reference grammar]]''.
I have no idea how people at the time kept track of all this. --[[User:Nick Nicholas|nitcion]]
 
--I'm not sure we did. --[[User:And Rosta|And]].
 
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It should be noted that the discussions involving these cmavo to indicate scope-leaping (and non-scope-leaping) ended with the fatigued conclusion that afterthought scope indicators -- which is what xo'u was -- would be just too complex and hasslesome. Scope must be done in forethought by means of prenexes and left-to-right order within bridi. --And.

Latest revision as of 14:55, 23 March 2014

Initially proposed (as xe'e) by John Clifford (as an interpretation of Jorge Llambias' xe'e (xe'e1): renamed by Jorge Llambias to xa'a. And Rosta then suggested xa'anai take over from (his own) xo'o: renamed by And Rosta to xo'u to avoid clash with Gerald Koenig's xa'a: threads on mailing list archives involving this cmavo:


I have no idea how people at the time kept track of all this. --nitcion

--I'm not sure we did. --And.


It should be noted that the discussions involving these cmavo to indicate scope-leaping (and non-scope-leaping) ended with the fatigued conclusion that afterthought scope indicators -- which is what xo'u was -- would be just too complex and hasslesome. Scope must be done in forethought by means of prenexes and left-to-right order within bridi. --And.