From jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Sun May 16 09:25:13 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 46386 invoked from network); 16 May 2004 16:25:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.166) by m24.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 16 May 2004 16:25:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 16 May 2004 16:25:13 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.32) id 1BPORq-0001X3-Pb for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sun, 16 May 2004 09:25:11 -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 1BPOR9-0001WX-Uc; Sun, 16 May 2004 09:24:28 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 16 May 2004 09:24:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web41908.mail.yahoo.com ([66.218.93.159]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.32) id 1BPOQw-0001W1-Ky for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 16 May 2004 09:24:14 -0700 Message-ID: <20040516162343.47302.qmail@web41908.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [200.43.74.58] by web41908.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 16 May 2004 09:23:43 PDT Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 09:23:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20040516142506.GD6655@fysh.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 7882 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: 22345 --- Zefram wrote: > Jorge Llamb?as wrote: > >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. > > Is "si" a word? It satisfies some of these criteria but not all. > I think "y" should be in the same category as "si". > > What you define above is actually a word-that-survives-pre-processing, > for which we don't have a convenient name. "si" is not that type of word, > nor is "y". I think John Cowan calls them "magic words". Then it is not mandatory in principle that it should be quotable with zo. mu'o mi'e xorxes __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/