From sentto-44114-19622-1052108439-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Sun May 04 21:21:21 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 04 May 2003 21:21:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n6.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.90]) by digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.12) id 19CXTS-0001YT-01 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Sun, 04 May 2003 21:21:10 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-19622-1052108439-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.200] by n6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 May 2003 04:20:39 -0000 X-Sender: eye_onus@yahoo.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_6); 5 May 2003 04:20:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 22073 invoked from network); 5 May 2003 04:20:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m8.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 5 May 2003 04:20:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO web10902.mail.yahoo.com) (216.136.131.38) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 May 2003 04:20:36 -0000 Message-ID: <20030505042035.75119.qmail@web10902.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [132.178.216.192] by web10902.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 04 May 2003 21:20:35 PDT To: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: From: Jon MacLeod X-Yahoo-Profile: eye_onus 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, 4 May 2003 21:20:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [lojban] Re: Some ideas/questions (long) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 5121 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: eye_onus@yahoo.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list If you want to write a detailed proposal on the changes you think would be good to make in the Lojban language, there is a standard posted (check the backlogs, look for 'Naziing' in the subject line for a post by la lojbab. to read the thread from the beginning.) If you can provide convincing arguments for why to change the things you think should be changed, I would be willing to bet the community would accept the changes. (Mind you, you'd have to be extremely convincing.) I'm on your side on some of the things you've said, and I'd love to see some of these changes come about. > If we applied this kind of method to the entire language, until every > word follows the system, we could potentially eliminate a lot of > words and thus have enough three-letter combinations for every word. If you seriously want to do this and you'd like some help in doing it, let me know. I'm all for ironing out the irregularities, myself. -Jon ===== "I have a brain, I've just lost my mind." -Ian McLeod -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.1 GSC>$ d+(++) s++:-- a-- C++ UL P L>+++ !E W+(++) N++ o? K- !w--- O- M@ V? PS+++ PE- Y+ PGP- t+ !5 X(+) R+ !tv-- b+++ DI+ D+ G e* h* r-(%) y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make Money Online Auctions! Make $500.00 or We Will Give You Thirty Dollars for Trying! http://us.click.yahoo.com/KXUxcA/fNtFAA/uetFAA/GSaulB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/