From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Fri Aug 12 16:30:23 1994 Received: from nfs2.digex.net by nfs1.digex.net with SMTP id AA20292 (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Fri, 12 Aug 1994 16:30:20 -0400 Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by nfs2.digex.net with SMTP id AA10420 (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Fri, 12 Aug 1994 16:30:17 -0400 Message-Id: <199408122030.AA10420@nfs2.digex.net> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 3566; Fri, 12 Aug 94 16:31:50 EDT Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 9157; Fri, 12 Aug 1994 16:31:49 -0400 Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 21:18:21 +0100 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re: amusing story To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu In-Reply-To: (Your message of Thu, 11 Aug 94 19:01:20 EDT.) Status: RO Jorge to Philip: > > I look forward to being able > > to write verse in Lojban. Seems to me it'd be easier to find interesting > > rhymes than in Esperanto. (Emphasis on the -o ! ) > I don't know, I think it's hard in both languages, but I don't want to > discourage you, do write some Lojban verse! When I tried writing a rhyming poem (I have postponed further work on it until my jbobau is adequate. It is, incidentally, in iambic *tetrameter*.), I found that VhV rhymes were boringly easy, while VCCV/VCV rhymes were very hard to come by. I eventually made much use of the delightful -anci gismu, which seemed one of the very very few decent rhyme sets, and I have since observed Jorge using the same -anci rhymes in one of his poems he posted to the list. --- And