History: BPFK Section: lerfu

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The selma'o BY2 is comprised principally of letterals representing consonants and contains the following cmavo: ||by|cy|dy|fy|gy|jy|ky|ly|my|ny|py|ry|sy|ty|vy|xy|.y'y|zy|| The selma'o BY* is comprised of vowel letterals, punctuation, and other "oddball" letterals, the common theme being that they're all constructed with the lerfu-forming cmavo bu: ||.abu|denpa bu|.ebu|.ibu|joibu|.obu|slaka bu|.ubu|.uibu|.ybu|zo'obu|| The purpose of these cmavo, as with all lerfu, is to enable the spelling of words and discussion referring to written characters, in which case you must either encase it in ''la'e lu __...__ li'u'', or prefix it with ''me'o''. Without this quoting, the lerfu simply acts as a prosumti, or a mekso variable. !!Lojbanic Standard Roman Orthography Lerfu These are used to represent symbols used in the writing of lojban. The following are lerfu for which the definition and keyword are obvious: ||.abu|by|cy|dy|.ebu|fy|gy|.ibu|jy|ky|ly|my|ny|.obu|py|ry|sy|ty|.ubu|vy|xy|.ybu|zy .y'y|| There are two more which have slightly more complex keywords: ||denpa bu|BY*|__pause symbol__ | letteral: Lojban "." character|| ||slaka bu|BY*|__comma symbol__ | letteral: Lojban "," character|| It should be noted that the current keyword for slaka bu is "close-comma", but I don't see a need for anything more than "comma" unless someone can demonstrate a "far-comma" or an "open-comma" that's likely to cause confusion. * This is historical Loglan terminology, which uses the close-comma (i.e. a comma between two letters) in this function and the open-comma (a comma followed by a space) in the function of Lojban period. --John Cowan !!Other Lerfu These are miscellaneous lerfu. This committeeman questions their usefulness as official cmavo, but does not suggest their official removal. * They were originally inserted as suggestive examples. --John Cowan ||joibu|BY*|__&__|letteral: ampersand character; especially used in standing for a mixed connective|| ||.uibu|BY*|__happy face__|letteral: happiness symbol|| ||zo'obu|BY*|__smiley face__|letteral: humor symbol, ":-)" and its related forms expressing humor|| Once again, it should be noted that the current definitions of .uibu and zo'obu are a bit redundant, in that they have "(letteral)" at the end. {MODULE(module=>BPFK Poll: lerfu)}{MODULE}

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