Received: from mail-bw0-f61.google.com ([209.85.214.61]:36348) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RVmsC-0008Ur-R0; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:19:11 -0800 Received: by bkbzt19 with SMTP id zt19sf657899bkb.16 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:18:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=rO2q7U3TO8/rZfTqckB+RP25Ntoal3J3Tjk/sftT3/M=; b=lueMPGdqOBHLa6FkKcDrbnBY0DWgT4NqbswhJ7cwaUy9KUxaGg/S1fBsjttdXG079g o6J1/GYav6DNCWmkGh++n3g+V3whV7DqzgXbzhZoDrGYjYW7odyu1t7/YpGgqqiAPL7y /K3VhpoxUS9y8m6Z8kn65zvumBTkRWTU99MNk= Received: by 10.205.121.147 with SMTP id gc19mr267735bkc.22.1322669934461; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:18:54 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.204.130.207 with SMTP id u15ls11030126bks.0.gmail; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:18:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.13.83 with SMTP id b19mr119422bka.5.1322669933275; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:18:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.13.83 with SMTP id b19mr119421bka.5.1322669933257; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:18:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-bw0-f45.google.com (mail-bw0-f45.google.com [209.85.214.45]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j1si1921686bky.2.2011.11.30.08.18.53 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:18:53 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.45 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.214.45; Received: by mail-bw0-f45.google.com with SMTP id r19so1199087bka.32 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:18:53 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.205.135.133 with SMTP id ig5mr3101273bkc.84.1322669932860; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:18:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.224.11 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:18:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1a31142c-73c8-45fd-ac25-fd6cd9e4caca@g2g2000vbl.googlegroups.com> <201107201035.12048.phma@phma.optus.nu> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:18:52 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] How to translate special emphasis on a word ("terming") From: Michael Turniansky To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: mturniansky@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.45 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=mturniansky@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam_score: 0.0 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / Well, one could use other fonts, or punctuation. On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 4:21 PM, MorphemeAddict wrote: > How so languages without capital letters deal with this problem? > > stevo > > 2011/8/9 Felipe Gon=E7alves Assis >> >> What about {lo co'e preti}? {lo pa preti}? >> >> In some languages, capitalization is used to indicate that an expresison >> is >> being used in a more specific meaning. So there are, e.g., questions and >> Questions, which are a particular kind of question the author is talking >> about. >> In a more extreme case, there are questions and The Question. >> >> If that is the situation, a way of vaguely pointing the specificity >> would be with >> a tanru with an unspecific seltau, or maybe a lujvo. >> >> Another way is to use the cardinality as a vague way of indicating the >> group of >> special things you are talking about. {le ci nolraitru} -> The Three >> Kings. >> >> What do you think? >> >> mu'o >> mi'e .asiz. >> >> On 21 July 2011 00:56, Alex Rozenshteyn wrote: >> > sa'ai tu'ifru le'ai .i pe'i lo sa'enai lerporfi'u (to I don't think >> > there's >> > an accepted word for dyslexia toi) te zmadu lo glibau la lojban >> > Pardon the horrible lojban; I'm not thinking well. >> > >> > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Pierre Abbat >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wednesday 20 July 2011 09:57:04 Alex Rozenshteyn wrote: >> >> > I once read {za'e} described as "scare quotes": e.g. >> >> > >> >> > The "human" standing before me nodded. >> >> > {lo za'e remna poi sanli zvati lo crane be mi ti'ufru} >> >> >> >> ti'ufru ki'a? that decomposes to "tixnu frumu", i.e. "daughter frown"= . >> >> >> >> Pierre >> >> -- >> >> li ze te'a ci vu'u ci bi'e te'a mu du >> >> li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> Groups >> >> "lojban" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=3Den. >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > =A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Alex R >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> > "lojban" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=3Den. >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group= s >> "lojban" group. >> To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=3Den. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "lojban" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=3Den. --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= lojban" group. 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