From sentto-44114-22143-1083763764-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Wed May 05 06:30:35 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 05 May 2004 06:30:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n33.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.101]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.31) id 1BLMTi-0004fJ-0R for lojban-in@lojban.org; Wed, 05 May 2004 06:30:26 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-22143-1083763764-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.94] by n33.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 May 2004 13:29:25 -0000 X-Sender: xeubie@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 99646 invoked from network); 5 May 2004 13:29:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 5 May 2004 13:29:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n16.grp.scd.yahoo.com) (66.218.66.71) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 May 2004 13:29:23 -0000 Received: from [66.218.67.133] by n16.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 May 2004 13:29:11 -0000 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20040501125134.GA1255@fysh.org> User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 X-Mailer: Yahoo Groups Message Poster X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 66.218.66.71 From: "la_okus" X-Originating-IP: 69.162.47.2 X-Yahoo-Profile: la_okus MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 13:29:11 -0000 Subject: [lojban] Re: Why capital letters standing in for letterals is a *bad* idea. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-archive-position: 7653 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: xeubie@hotmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --- In lojban@yahoogroups.com, Zefram wrote: > I'd much prefer an orthography using a single extra mark (say, "^") > to indicate stress where necessary, just as we have a single extra mark > (",") to indicate syllable breaks. > > -zefram Good idea. This would probably be even better than using acutes, because I don't believe there are any acutes for r or l, which we would need. And since its ASCII, RLP should be happy too :-) So tumultuous: tyml^tcu,ys and Bernard: la brna^rd. A different character might be better for asthetic reasons, but the concept is there. I don't think we should wait for official declaration -- let usage decide! okus ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/GSaulB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lojban/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lojban-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/