From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Jun 27 13:13:38 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:13:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1I3dtR-0006rl-2s for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:13:37 -0700 Received: from 25.mail-out.ovh.net ([213.186.37.103]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1I3dtJ-0006rW-Pu for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:13:34 -0700 Received: (qmail 5810 invoked by uid 503); 27 Jun 2007 20:13:49 -0000 Received: (QMFILT: 1.0); 27 Jun 2007 20:13:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail19.ha.ovh.net) (213.186.33.59) by 25.mail-out.ovh.net with SMTP; 27 Jun 2007 20:13:49 -0000 Received: from b0.ovh.net (HELO queue-out) (213.186.33.50) by b0.ovh.net with SMTP; 27 Jun 2007 20:13:10 -0000 Received: from 130.26-225-89.dsl.completel.net (130.26-225-89.dsl.completel.net [89.225.26.130]) by ssl0.ovh.net (IMP) with HTTP for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:13:10 +0200 Message-ID: <1182975190.4682c4d686313@ssl0.ovh.net> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:13:10 +0200 From: m.kornig@sondal.net To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: I'm... My name's... References: <1189A858F8918F43BE3F9C7603C73FB4031E7E0D@0456-its-exmp01.us.saic.com> <1182925611.4682032bb455b@ssl0.ovh.net> In-Reply-To: <1182925611.4682032bb455b@ssl0.ovh.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.6 X-Originating-IP: 89.225.26.130 X-Spam-Score: 0.2 X-Spam-Score-Int: 2 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 5164 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: m.kornig@sondal.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners Selon m.kornig@sondal.net: > Selon "Turniansky, Michael \\[UNK\\]" : > > > Periods are _always_ optional to WRITE, > > If this is true then maybe you don't need > periods at all? Then why not cancel the > peiod from the Lojban alphabet? > > This would have the following advantages: > > (1) The alphabet would be simpler (and easier > to learn). > (2) Lojban texts in general would become a > bit shorter. > (3) Learners would not be confused about the > presence or absence of periods any more. How would someone who has decided not to use any periods rewrite {la tim.cults. klama}? Could you just leave a space between first name and last name, i.e. {la tim cults klama}? Martin