From phma@ixazon.dynip.com Mon Mar 03 07:16:19 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 03 Mar 2003 07:16:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from p3ee2be7a.dip.t-dialin.net ([62.226.190.122] helo=blackcat.ixazon.lan) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18prfX-00034f-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2003 07:15:56 -0800 Received: by blackcat.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A941E2482; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:15:48 +0100 (MET) From: Pierre Abbat Organization: dis To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Quoting sounds Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:15:48 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200303031615.48108.phma@webjockey.net> X-archive-position: 4296 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@webjockey.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Monday 03 March 2003 15:44, Martin Bays wrote: > Hi, > > What's the best way to quote pure sounds? > > I'm thinking of something like "mkgnao" - a cat's complaint. > > {zo m,k,g,nauk.}? Not allowed. 'k' cannot be next to 'g' even with a comma between them. > Or {zoi my. m,k,g,nau .my.}? > > Or even {zoi my. mkgnao .my.}? Both are allowed, but I'm not sure how to pronounce them. > Is it actually legit to put Lojban text in zoi "non-Lojban quote" quotes? Yes. Occasionally it is required, as for some obscure combination of fa'o or le'u, or when quoting rafsi. phma -- .i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do .ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga .icu'u la ma'atman.