From sentto-44114-18585-1045431749-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Sun Feb 16 13:43:08 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 16 Feb 2003 13:43:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from n29.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.85]) by digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.12) id 18kWYw-0000NV-01 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 13:43:03 -0800 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-18585-1045431749-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.96] by n29.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 Feb 2003 21:42:30 -0000 X-Sender: me@nellardo.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_4); 16 Feb 2003 21:42:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 65453 invoked from network); 16 Feb 2003 21:42:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 16 Feb 2003 21:42:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.speakeasy.net) (216.254.0.215) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 16 Feb 2003 21:42:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 27863 invoked from network); 16 Feb 2003 21:42:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nellardo.com) ([216.27.135.47]) (envelope-sender ) by mail15.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 16 Feb 2003 21:42:36 -0000 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <200302152323.30244.phma@webjockey.net> Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) From: Brook Conner X-Yahoo-Profile: nellardo MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 16:44:58 -0500 Subject: [lojban] Re: mi zvati la dotygug Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-archive-position: 4097 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: me@nellardo.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Saturday, February 15, 2003, at 05:23 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote: > On Saturday 15 February 2003 21:59, Björn Gohla wrote: >> well then "lanen." is probably as close as it gets. > > But you still can't have "lanen." as a Lojban word because "la" falls > off. So > what should it be? Pg. 67 of CLL suggests replacing "la" in foreign names with "ly", and inserting "y" between impermissible consonant pairs. "ng", however, *is* a permissible pair. This suggests the following: la lyngen. noting that the g is pronounced - the n may be pronounced either as "n" or as the "ng" in the English "running" (a back nasal, I think is the term). But I don't speak German..... Brook ----- Cross platform apps are like unisex underwear. To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/