From noras@cox.net Fri May 14 15:04:06 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 14 May 2004 15:04:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lakermmtao07.cox.net ([68.230.240.32]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.32) id 1BOkmc-0003Oq-Ev for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 14 May 2004 15:03:58 -0700 Received: from nora.cox.net ([68.228.12.146]) by lakermmtao07.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02 201-2131-111-104-20040324) with ESMTP id <20040514220327.QZSV10128.lakermmtao07.cox.net@nora.cox.net> for ; Fri, 14 May 2004 18:03:27 -0400 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20040514180351.00ab2ec0@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: noras@pop.east.cox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 18:06:05 -0400 To: lojban-list@lojban.org From: Nora LeChevalier Subject: [lojban] Re: y: what is it good for? In-Reply-To: <20040514162244.GS4461@digitalkingdom.org> References: <20040514151730.78196.qmail@web41903.mail.yahoo.com> <20040514151730.78196.qmail@web41903.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-archive-position: 7854 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: noras@cox.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list At 09:22 AM 5/14/04 -0700, Robin wrote: >On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 08:17:30AM -0700, Jorge Llamb?as wrote: > > > > --- "Adam D. Lopresto" wrote: > > > I almost wish ybu weren't, and were replaced with something like > > > pensi bu, but that's going way too far. > > > > Excellent suggestion. > >I agree, actually. It is *without* *question* a language change, but >it's a *damned* good idea. > >-Robin I disagree. "y.bu" is the letter "y"; "pensi bu" is a symbol for thinking/thinker or something like that; fine for a symbol for hesitation if you want that. But, they are separate things. You don't spell An. with "vlina bu ny"; you spell it "a bu ny". -- mi'e noras noras@cox.net Nora LeChevalier