From sentto-44114-19772-1052983231-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Thu May 15 00:21:14 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 15 May 2003 00:21:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n6.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.90]) by digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.12) id 19GD30-0005Eo-01 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Thu, 15 May 2003 00:21:02 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-19772-1052983231-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.198] by n6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 15 May 2003 07:20:31 -0000 X-Sender: opoudjis@optushome.com.au X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_6); 15 May 2003 07:20:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 21872 invoked from network); 15 May 2003 07:20:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 15 May 2003 07:20:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cygnus.its.unimelb.EDU.AU) (128.250.20.112) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 15 May 2003 07:20:30 -0000 Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON by SMTP.UNIMELB.EDU.AU (PMDF V5.2-29 #46888) id <01KVXFNSFIU891U6UQ@SMTP.UNIMELB.EDU.AU> for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 15 May 2003 17:20:26 +1000 Received: from [128.250.86.174] (fritslite.language.unimelb.edu.au [128.250.86.174]) by SMTP.UNIMELB.EDU.AU (PMDF V5.2-29 #46888) with ESMTP id <01KVXFNPO0V097Y0XT@SMTP.UNIMELB.EDU.AU> for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 15 May 2003 17:20:21 +1000 X-Sender: opoudjis@mail.optushome.com.au To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Message-id: From: Nick Nicholas X-Yahoo-Profile: opoudjis 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: Thu, 15 May 2003 17:20:17 +1000 Subject: [lojban] Re: Alternative Orthography. Yes, another one. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 5270 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: opoudjis@optushome.com.au Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list 'Nother vote for accents. And really, (a) Unicode is here to stay, and the ASCII legacy thing will fade more and more, even though the ASCII-infrastructure is huge (after all, my Greek email correspondence is still in ASCII, though I can now start using Unicode by negotiation; (b) why not have both? These are unofficial optional conventions anyway. If both parties can deal with accents (and these days, that's no longer an unreasonable request, even if not everyone does yet), then why not sanction that too? Should any BPFK-sponsored publication (such as a supplement to CLL) mention Latin-based alt orthographies? Or the other ones? My suspicion is no; anyone have strong feelings on the subject? -- **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** * Dr Nick Nicholas, French & Italian Studies nickn@unimelb.edu.au * Rm 637 Arts Centre, Melbourne University, Australia www.opoudjis.net * "Eschewing obfuscatory verbosity of locutional rendering, the * circumscriptional appelations are excised." --- W. Mann & S. Thompson, * _Rhetorical Structure Theory: A Theory of Text Organisation_, 1987. * **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Rent DVDs from home. Over 14,500 titles. Free Shipping & No Late Fees. Try Netflix for FREE! http://us.click.yahoo.com/BVVfoB/hP.FAA/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/