Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 05 May 2004 08:41:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n29.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.85]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.31) id 1BLOWj-0006lG-Aq for lojban-in@lojban.org; Wed, 05 May 2004 08:41:44 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-22150-1083771545-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.196] by n29.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 May 2004 15:41:02 -0000 X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 91026 invoked from network); 5 May 2004 15:39:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 5 May 2004 15:39:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.reutershealth.com) (65.246.141.36) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 May 2004 15:39:04 -0000 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (mail [65.246.141.36]) by mail.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA02173; Wed, 5 May 2004 11:28:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 5 May 2004 11:35:12 -0400 To: Zefram Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: <20040505153511.GC9076@skunk.reutershealth.com> References: <20040505135550.62211.qmail@web41901.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 65.246.141.36 From: jcowan@reutershealth.com 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: Wed, 5 May 2004 11:35:12 -0400 Subject: [lojban] Re: Why capital letters standing in for letterals is a *bad* idea. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 7660 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Content-Length: 1485 Lines: 40 Zefram scripsit: > I can happily pronounce "lojban" as "LO,jban". That is canonical, since "jb" is an initial cluster. > Has anyone considered, as a possible principle, that stress marking should > not require (or otherwise interact with) syllabification marking? There really is no need to properly mark the syllable boundaries at all. Close-comma is nothing but an orthographic convenience, as its presence or absence can never change either the parsing or the meaning of words. -- John Cowan http://www.reutershealth.com http://www.ccil.org/~cowan .e'osai ko sarji la lojban. Please support Lojban! http://www.lojban.org ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/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/