From jcowan@reutershealth.com Mon Mar 24 13:34:55 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 24 Mar 2003 13:34:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from [65.246.141.36] (helo=mail.reutershealth.com) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18xZak-0004yf-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 13:34:50 -0800 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (mail [65.246.141.36]) by mail.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA25337 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:31:45 -0500 (EST) Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:35:49 -0500 Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:35:49 -0500 From: John Cowan To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: farna torbasti Message-ID: <20030324213549.GB30866@skunk.reutershealth.com> References: <200303240916.53122.phma@webjockey.net> <20030324190625.GB13084@mit.edu> <200303241628.51184.phma@webjockey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200303241628.51184.phma@webjockey.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-archive-position: 4599 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Pierre Abbat scripsit: > > In other words, use the first letters of the cmavo be'a, du'a, ne'u, > > vu'a instead of the gismu. > > Done on jbovlaste. But how were the cmavo invented? Based on what was left at the time, given the requirement for four different initial consonants. -- I am expressing my opinion. When my John Cowan honorable and gallant friend is called, jcowan@reutershealth.com he will express his opinion. This is http://www.ccil.org/~cowan the process which we call Debate. --Winston Churchill