Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0qZ3Fd-00004tC; Fri, 12 Aug 94 23:30 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 9214; Fri, 12 Aug 94 23:29:27 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 9209; Fri, 12 Aug 1994 23:29:27 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 9924; Fri, 12 Aug 1994 22:28:23 +0200 Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 21:18:21 +0100 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re: amusing story X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: (Your message of Thu, 11 Aug 94 19:01:20 EDT.) Content-Length: 770 Lines: 17 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