From lojban-out@lojban.org Sat Dec 14 06:09:50 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 14 Dec 2002 14:09:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 65431 invoked from network); 14 Dec 2002 14:09:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 14 Dec 2002 14:09:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Dec 2002 14:09:50 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18NCzG-000833-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 06:09:50 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18NCz7-00082k-00; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 06:09:41 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 14 Dec 2002 06:09:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.intrex.net ([209.42.192.250]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18NCz2-00082a-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 06:09:37 -0800 Received: from Craig [209.42.200.38] by smtp.intrex.net (SMTPD32-5.05) id ABA39CF8004C; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 09:09:39 -0500 To: Subject: [lojban] Re: Hiragana (was Re: Baseline statement) Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 09:09:33 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal X-Declude-Sender: raganok@intrex.net [209.42.200.38] X-Note: Total weight is 0. Whitelisted X-archive-position: 3550 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: raganok@intrex.net Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: "Craig" From: "Craig" Reply-To: raganok@intrex.net X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 18017 >Possibly also not unambiguous; look at this quote from the >"Hiragana" page: "Syllables with final "-u" can (also) stand for >consonants." That's the beauty of it. Lojban Hiragana is not an exact science, either to read or to write, but rather an art form. One could think of it as the calligraphic form of Lojban writing.