From LOJBAN%CUVMB.bitnet@YaleVM.YCC.YALE.EDU Sat Mar 6 22:50:22 2010 Received: from YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU by MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Mon, 2 Aug 1993 17:07:08 -0400 Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 3428; Mon, 02 Aug 93 17:06:00 EDT Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 6717; Mon, 02 Aug 93 17:07:25 EDT Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1993 22:04:31 +0100 Reply-To: ucleaar@UCL.AC.UK Sender: Lojban list From: Mr Andrew Rosta Subject: Re: TECH: query on zoi & laho terminators X-To: lojban@cuvma.BITNET, Colin Fine To: Erik Rauch In-Reply-To: (Your message of Mon, 02 Aug 93 19:00:31 N.) <9308021802.AA86243@link-1.ts.bcc.ac.uk> Status: RO X-Status: X-From-Space-Date: Ukn Aug 2 17:07:09 1993 X-From-Space-Address: ucleaar@UCL.AC.UK Message-ID: Colin says: > I believe the terminator is required to be a lojban word, and must > be set off from the text by lojban pause eather end. (Since > people usually use lerfu or names, the closing terminator > is normally followed by a pause too, but that's not part of > the rule). My understanding is that zoi or laho is followed by any legal lojban syllable, & that this syllable acts as the terminator. I think I got this from John Cowan, & was so impressed at its ingenuity that I inceived it into my own language, discarding the previous method for dealing with the same problem. ---- mihelaholaho. And laho