From sentto-44114-1913-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Thu Feb 03 22:50:00 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: shoulson-kli@meson.org Received: (qmail 13136 invoked from network); 3 Feb 2000 22:49:58 -0000 Received: from zash.lupine.org (205.186.156.18) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 3 Feb 2000 22:49:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 24582 invoked by uid 40001); 3 Feb 2000 22:51:51 -0000 Delivered-To: kli-mark@kli.org Received: (qmail 24579 invoked from network); 3 Feb 2000 22:51:50 -0000 Received: from ch.egroups.com (208.48.218.21) by zash.lupine.org with SMTP; 3 Feb 2000 22:51:50 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-1913-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.10.39] by ch.egroups.com with NNFMP; 03 Feb 2000 22:51:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 23034 invoked from network); 3 Feb 2000 22:51:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.10.39 with QMQP; 3 Feb 2000 22:51:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy.cais.net) (199.0.216.101) by mta1.onelist.com with SMTP; 3 Feb 2000 22:51:43 -0000 Received: from bob ([209.8.89.177]) by stmpy.cais.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA26655 for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2000 17:51:17 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000203175214.00ad7870@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 To: lojban@onelist.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@onelist.com; contact lojban-owner@onelist.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@onelist.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 17:52:26 -0500 From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" Subject: RE: [lojban] Draft update of Lojban FAQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" At 09:57 PM 02/03/2000 +0000, you wrote: > > From: Bob LeChevalier-Logical Language Group > > > > Following is the non-HTML text of my revision to the Lojban-List FAQ, now > > titled the Lojban FAQ. Please send comments. > > > > lojbab > >[...] > >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > TECHNICAL > > 1a. Why do some texts use instead of <'>? > > Aesthetic reasons. And Rosta in particular thinks mohi looks better in > > print than mo'i and sometimes uses it the hopes that he can influence the > >[...] > > > 1b. Could I take a text with s and do a search and replace with <'> and > > end up with "standard" lojban? > > Probably not, because people like And have used a number of non-standard > > spelling conventions: > >It strikes me as inappropriate that the FAQ should *begin* with these >sections, documenting, as they do, instances of deviance from the norm >and furthermore practises that have not been attested on the list for >some years. Maybe near the end they might be less obtrusive. > >--And. Good point. I didn't write the thing, only updated it. Perhaps there are other questions that should be added, and this one should be downplayed or deleted. Other questions (and answers) that should be added are welcome, at least till I get the pages done. lojbab ---- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- Valentine's Day Shopping Made Simple. Click Here ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com