Since it's not really a letter, wh= y would you want to capitalize the apostrophe?

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On Nov 23, 2012, at 6:20 PM, mudri <jammyatjammy@gmail.com> wrote:

The curly braces are quotes for Lojban text within = text of other languages. I'm not quite sure why they're used, but it's a ki= nd of standard.

For upper case apostrophe, I'll give the= example of the name of selma'o {KOhA} (again, braces are "quotes"). It is = derrived from {ko'a}. So, as 'K' is capital 'k', 'h' is capital apostrophe.=

On Saturday, 24 November 2012 00:14:36 UTC, Annie wrote:

Are you saying th= at left-brace is sort of a letter? What do you mean by upper apostrophe, or= whatever?

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On Nov 23, 2= 012, at 5:19 PM, mudri <jammya...@gmail.com> wrote:

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Just to add something, 'h' is the uppe= r case version of the apostrophe (both called {.y'y.}). This really only ev= er occurs in selma'o names, though it is very common in these.

It is called a "half letter" sometimes for various reasons. Matt exp= lained how it only appears between vowels, and is unique in this respect (c= ommas, if I remember correctly, can be used next to syllabic consonants - b= ut that's unimportant). The apostrophe also has no effect on morphology: CV= V and CV'V syllables behave identically (other than having different meanin= gs). Finally, it is counted almost literally as half a letter in the lujvo = scoring algorithm. "Something that acts as half a letter", I suppose someon= e thought, "should have 'half' a glyph, pe'a".

On Sunday, 18 Novembe= r 2012 22:50:10 UTC, Annie wrote:
I found out that in Lojban, there's apparently no h. How is that so, when = the apostrophe is practically the h?

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