From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Thu Jun 11 08:42:37 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:42:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MEmQG-0007zL-UT for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:42:37 -0700 Received: from qw-out-1920.google.com ([74.125.92.148]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MEmQD-0007z5-RT for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:42:36 -0700 Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 5so1018078qwc.58 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:42:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=Ph1U5zo1ZgPs0lPftcx5LLSbOP2TBwq9HGLew3sSRZM=; b=YR1ai81C/tJO9YjYk+0xwPWTaJyyCBF/0+DroIGWKSk6SkAfiEgpshvnioXSJcWkpf mN0koTGpGJBye0qGBNtwLPO0nlaibyDfnajaxWFhT4/P6ttclHonQAKa+28te++6BJ9h JuW8Od1atg+9I7hykoxPbDI2zIysl9nEvLjHo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=wL0VQlKCQJzfyVTBYtPgkSOHJOY70UlWx36Ax7S4E8UDnglnkgfw3m9NtC4vU4RulQ mUPLWbF/WxgMuaRqM7JqtHHKqZ90yjRh1H2PQKNjvLV3BBVbwQaLar6Z2om4hEgHYOFk DgcuYab3Q/W4vRg1rqo76aBWl5ZAv5Lf5aa8Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.84.202 with SMTP id k10mr2203009vcl.77.1244734951967; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:42:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4de8c3930906110832w79b99aeal8228336a4d0715fe@mail.gmail.com> References: <4de8c3930906110500m1a122b3bwcfb5a08a277fedd@mail.gmail.com> <925d17560906110552x1a8e81cawee284049da2ed3e1@mail.gmail.com> <4de8c3930906110832w79b99aeal8228336a4d0715fe@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:42:30 -0400 Message-ID: <5715b9300906110842v33ed5d97w139159ba7bd6e2a0@mail.gmail.com> Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: letter-spacing and uppercase From: Luke Bergen To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6465290a749b0046c1470c3 X-archive-position: 1812 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: lukeabergen@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners --0016e6465290a749b0046c1470c3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Way off topic but, in practical use what are the differences between "ta'onai" and "ji'a"? In english I might say "the dog is white. Also, the dog bites". I could see using "ta'onai" or "ji'a" to translate this, which would be more appropriate? - Luke Bergen On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:32 AM, tijlan wrote: > 2009/6/11 Jorge Llamb=EDas : > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:00 AM, tijlan wrote: > >> jbofi'e doesn't recognize uppercase letters so I couldn't check for > >> myself, but "logErku.i'ulobOnguza'acubAtci.oi" is valid, right? > > > > Officially, yes. Nobody really writes like that though, and it's hard > > to understand. (There was lOkadin, but it's been ages since we heard > > from him.) > > > > I prefer to reserve uppercase letters to stand for lerfu words, the > > way numerals can stand for number words. If forced to write without > > spaces, I would go with "log=E9rku.i'ulob=F3nguza'acub=E1tci.oi". > > Yes, I agree. Uppercase letters are ugly va'o lo aski jbobau. > > ta'o, Would you say "la .cankoz.XPs." (Windows XP) is a viable tadji? > > mu'o mi'e tijlan > > > > --0016e6465290a749b0046c1470c3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Way off topic but, in practical use what are the differences between "= ta'onai" and "ji'a"?

In english I might say &= quot;the dog is white.=A0 Also, the dog bites".=A0 I could see using &= quot;ta'onai" or "ji'a" to translate this, which wou= ld be more appropriate?

- Luke Bergen


On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:32 AM, tijlan= <jbotijlan@gma= il.com> wrote:
2009/6/11 Jorge Llamb=EDas <jjll= ambias@gmail.com>:
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:00 AM, tij= lan<jbotijlan@gmail.com> w= rote:
>> jbofi'e doesn't recognize uppercase letters so I couldn= 9;t check for
>> myself, but "logErku.i'ulobOnguza'acubAtci.oi" i= s valid, right?
>
> Officially, yes. Nobody really writes like that though, and it's h= ard
> to understand. (There was lOkadin, but it's been ages since we hea= rd
> from him.)
>
> I prefer to reserve uppercase letters to stand for lerfu words, the > way numerals can stand for number words. If forced to write without > spaces, I would go with "log=E9rku.i'ulob=F3nguza'acub=E1= tci.oi".

Yes, I agree. Uppercase letters are ugly va'o lo aski jboba= u.

ta'o, Would you say "la .cankoz.XPs." (Windows XP) is a viabl= e tadji?

mu'o mi'e tijlan




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