Return-Path: <@segate.sunet.se:LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@BITMAIL.LSOFT.COM> Received: from segate.sunet.se by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0t0bnU-0000ZUC; Wed, 4 Oct 95 23:56 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by segate.sunet.se (LSMTP for OpenVMS v0.1a) with SMTP id 129592DF ; Wed, 4 Oct 1995 22:56:15 +0200 Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 22:17:23 +0100 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re: h for apostrophe X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 689 Lines: 11 > I had to actually try Write to verify what you said (it could have been an > artifact of a European version, but you are correct. Lousy design, since > apostrophes in English occur in contractions and possessives and the pieces > without the contraction aren't considered whole words (i.e. in the last > sentence "aren" should not be considered a whole word). I would call this > a "feature" of Write, and not one of the language that uses apostrophes. Yes, but just as my nonconformity to lojban conventions excludes me from things like using the parser, so lojbanAs nonconformity to major panlinguistic orthographic conventions gives it hassle with various bits of software. --- And