From sentto-44114-22241-1084218976-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Mon May 10 12:56:56 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 10 May 2004 12:56:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n42.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.67.17]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.31) id 1BNGtN-0007Dr-7h for lojban-in@lojban.org; Mon, 10 May 2004 12:56:49 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-22241-1084218976-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.28] by n42.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 10 May 2004 19:56:17 -0000 X-Sender: xeubie@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 27629 invoked from network); 10 May 2004 19:56:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m22.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 10 May 2004 19:56:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n11.grp.scd.yahoo.com) (66.218.66.66) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 May 2004 19:56:16 -0000 Received: from [66.218.66.114] by n11.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 10 May 2004 19:54:55 -0000 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20040510000710.GA20485@mit.edu> User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 X-Mailer: Yahoo Groups Message Poster X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 66.218.66.66 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: Mon, 10 May 2004 19:54:55 -0000 Subject: [lojban] "Mooooos" (Re: my new idea for onomato's) (rspeer) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-archive-position: 7756 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 Rob Speer wrote: > > Would this be parsable? sa'ei mumu? > > Not easily. This makes the language not at all context-free. What do you mean by "context-free"? > And to parse such a phrase, you have to maintain an > arbirtrarily large stack. Again, I'm not sure what a this means (forgive me). I figured all the computer would have to do is search the text letter-by-letter that comes after sa'ei, until it finds a repeat. > Besides, how is doubling the word any better than adding a consonant to > it? The only advantage seems to be cuteness. This, I can answer. Onomatopoeia have the unique requirement of being flexible; they are supposed to mimic sounds. I just can't bare to teach my child that a cow goes "muuuus"... okus ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/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/