From sentto-44114-22333-1084551837-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Fri May 14 09:26:26 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 14 May 2004 09:26:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n42.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.67.17]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.32) id 1BOfVn-0006kB-Rh for lojban-in@lojban.org; Fri, 14 May 2004 09:26:16 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-22333-1084551837-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.30] by n42.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 May 2004 16:23:58 -0000 X-Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 38238 invoked from network); 14 May 2004 16:23:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m24.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 14 May 2004 16:23:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO blackcat.ixazon.lan) (208.150.110.21) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 May 2004 16:23:56 -0000 Received: by blackcat.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B2E604BA0; Fri, 14 May 2004 16:23:49 +0000 (UTC) Organization: dis To: lojban@yahoogroups.com User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20040513193917.GC16333@fysh.org> <40A50962.13656.184CE23@localhost> <20040514161522.GF29617@skunk.reutershealth.com> In-Reply-To: <20040514161522.GF29617@skunk.reutershealth.com> Message-Id: <200405141223.48787.phma@webjockey.net> X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 208.150.110.21 From: Pierre Abbat 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: Fri, 14 May 2004 12:23:48 -0400 Subject: [lojban] Re: y: what is it good for? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-archive-position: 7849 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@webjockey.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Friday 14 May 2004 12:15, jcowan@reutershealth.com wrote: > Philip Newton scripsit: > > What about zoi? Would that be allowed as a zoi delimiter? > > > > I seem to recall reading somewhere that it was a good "safe" choice as > > a zoi delimiter since, though I don't remember the reason. > > I've always liked it: you can view it as zoizoi ... zoi brackets. > It's good for quoting English in particular, as it's a sound that's > unlikely to occur, and it occurs in writing pretty much only in > "trapezoid" and friends and in the era names like "Cenozoic". Even then it's valid; the delimiter has to recur after a pause to be recognized. I once asked about {zoi zoi" borzoi "zoi}. phma -- li fi'u vu'u fi'u fi'u du li pa ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/GSaulB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lojban/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lojban-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/