Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 13797 invoked from network); 21 Jan 2004 01:05:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 21 Jan 2004 01:05:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 21 Jan 2004 01:05:15 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.30) id 1Aj6ny-00048c-6i for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:05:14 -0800 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.30) id 1Aj6ny-00048A-1O for lojban-out@lojban.org; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:05:14 -0800 Resent-From: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:05:13 -0800 Resent-Message-ID: <20040121010513.GP14172@digitalkingdom.org> Resent-To: lojban-out@lojban.org Received: from dsl081-049-134.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.49.134] helo=chain.digitalkingdom.org) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Af5ta-0002KG-LK; Fri, 09 Jan 2004 15:18:26 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 09 Jan 2004 15:18:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.30) id 1Af5tS-0002K7-EC for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 09 Jan 2004 15:18:18 -0800 Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 15:18:18 -0800 Message-ID: <20040109231818.GZ18943@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <2.07b7.1BL5.HR8QG5@slobin.ran.pp.ru> <20040109215630.GG2666@skunk.reutershealth.com> <2.07b7.B4SD.HR8VS5@slobin.ran.pp.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2.07b7.B4SD.HR8VS5@slobin.ran.pp.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-archive-position: 6944 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on chain.digitalkingdom.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.61 Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:05:14 -0800 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] Re: shorthand for conversations X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 21438 Content-Length: 818 Lines: 27 On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 01:57:41AM +0300, Cyril Slobin wrote: > >> But in long conversation (imagine play text) the endless > >> repeatition of all this "said" (lojban "cusku") quickly became > >> boring. > > > One approach is to attach "cu'e la .alis." to bridi. > > As Adam noted, it is rather indirect quotation. And it works only > with full bridi; you cannot shorten {la .alis. cusku lu .e'osai > li'u} this way. .e'asai sei cu'u la .alis. would be read correctly by all be the most hostile of readers. -Robin -- Me: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "Constant neocortex override is the only thing that stops us all from running out and eating all the cookies." -- Eliezer Yudkowsky http://www.lojban.org/ *** .i cimo'o prali .ui