From jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Sun May 16 06:57:34 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 20436 invoked from network); 16 May 2004 13:57:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m24.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 16 May 2004 13:57:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 16 May 2004 13:57:32 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.32) id 1BPM8C-0008SE-TI for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sun, 16 May 2004 06:56:45 -0700 Received: from dsl081-049-134.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.49.134] helo=chain.digitalkingdom.org) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.32) id 1BPM7U-0008RZ-Qj; Sun, 16 May 2004 06:56:07 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 16 May 2004 06:55:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web41901.mail.yahoo.com ([66.218.93.152]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.32) id 1BPM6s-0008Qx-HZ for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 16 May 2004 06:55:24 -0700 Message-ID: <20040516135451.27822.qmail@web41901.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [200.43.213.200] by web41901.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 16 May 2004 06:54:51 PDT Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 06:54:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20040516091535.GA6655@fysh.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 7880 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 From: Jorge "Llambías" Reply-To: jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Subject: [lojban] Re: y: what is it good for? X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=142311107 X-Yahoo-Profile: jjllambias2000 X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 22343 --- Zefram wrote: > "y" is a word. Hence it should be quotable with "zo". > > "lo nu pensi kei smuni zo y" If "y" is a word, it should be quotable with "zo", lerfuable with "bu", lujvoable with "zei", erasable with "si" and emphasizable with "ba'e", like any other word. If "y" is not a word (and I think it shouldn't be) then it shouldn't be all those other things. Hesitation should not be subject to grammar rules. You should be able to hesitate aloud anywhere you can make a pause. mu'o mi'e xorxes __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/