Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 06:55:39 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711301155.GAA24263@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: keyboard (old reply) X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan Status: O X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 Content-Length: 813 X-From-Space-Date: Sun Nov 30 06:55:40 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU > Firstly, is {batkyta'o} = button-board a sensible word for > keyboard? > >You are asking if the following makes sense for what you want: > > a button/knob/[handle] type of board/plank > [3-dimensional long flat rectangle] To me, the essence of a keyboard is neither its shape nor its collection of buttons. Rather it is lerfu-select-device lercu'aca'a ---- lojbab lojbab@access.digex.net Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: ftp.access.digex.net /pub/access/lojbab or see Lojban WWW Server: href="http://xiron.pc.helsinki.fi/lojban/" Order _The Complete Lojban Language_ - see our Web pages or ask me.