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From: Mark Shoulson <shoulson@sirius.ctr.columbia.edu>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 91 10:14:52 EDT
Subject: Two queries

>I suspect the best answer is simply to use
>subscripting:  {ke'axipa} is innermost or just {ke'a}, the next one out is
>{ke'axire} and so on.  This sound good?  Already suggested?

Probably not, but this seems the default way out of such messses in our
language.

>I propose that multiple SE be acceptable (yes,
>I know it needn't be a proposition), under a particular circumstance:  that
>it be of form {setese}.  That is, one conversion, then another, then the
>first again.  This amounts to swapping any two places (not just one with
>first), and the places are easily identifiable.  I think this can make
>things much easier for word-order, and really isn't too tough to follow.

I came up with this independently (I guess we were reading the same page in
the lessons...), but so far have decided against it: anything that makes me
have to stop and count is countercommunicative. Hanging {fi} and {fo} aren't
much better, admittedly. As Bob is likely to tell you, try it and see if
anyone likes it. Prejudging these things is usually impossible.

Nick.