From spj@UKELELE.GCR.COM Ukn Jul 29 21:13:33 1993 Received: from YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU by MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Thu, 29 Jul 1993 21:13:32 -0400 Received: from YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU by YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 0767; Thu, 29 Jul 93 21:12:19 EDT Received: from YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@YALEVM) by YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 4358; Thu, 29 Jul 1993 21:12:18 -0400 Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 20:46:16 -0400 Reply-To: Simon Janes aka Guru Aleph-Null Sender: Lojban list From: Simon Janes aka Guru Aleph-Null Subject: Re: logban ' <=> h X-To: Lojban Listserv To: Erik Rauch Status: RO X-Status: Message-ID: [Simon stops lurking for N months and has something to agree with that he understands... :)] ; ;>Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 11:53:25 -0700 ;>From: jimc%MATH.UCLA.EDU@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU ;>X-To: lojban@cuvmb.columbia.edu ; ;>I agree with Frank Schultz and And Rosta that the apostrophe is ;>very hard for existing text handlers to handle. I would vote "yes" ;>for making "h" an allograph for "'" (apostrophe), and even for making ;>it the preferred form. In fact, I think I'll edit my cmavo/rafsi ;>lists with this change, because my lookup commands will then work a ;>lot better. ; ;I've liked the idea of {h} as an allograph of {'} for a long time; I'm ;actually rather pleased when I see And use it. I'm not recommending that ;{'} be dropped altogether, merely that {h} be counted an acceptable ;substitute, at least under some circumstances (for example, I find {'} ;horribly difficult to see in handwriting, and {h} is far, far better.) ; ;~mark I agree with this also, I think that handwritten Lojban text looks better (easier to read as well) when "h" is used in place of the apostrophe, but the apostrophe in typed text looks nice. I would prefer "h" in handwritten text but the apostrophe in typed text because it breaks up the monotony of the text and gives the eyes a little bit of a rest. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Simon "Guru Aleph-Null" Janes |You! Stand up and be discounted |on the free market of run-of-the- |mill ex-household-appliance dwellers.