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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Hello there!
From: "Peter TB Brett" <peter@peter-b.co.uk>
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coi.

la .adam. fo le samymri cu cusku fe di'e:

> {la'o gy. Adam COOPER .gy fo le samxa'a cu cusku fe di'e}

Am I correct in believing that {gy} acts as a kind of quotation mark or
escape from normal Lojban?  If so, is there any particular reason a
punctuation mark isn't used?

pitr.


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