From lojban-out@lojban.org Thu May 13 15:52:26 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 61718 invoked from network); 13 May 2004 22:52:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m23.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 13 May 2004 22:52:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 May 2004 22:52:26 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.32) id 1BOP3r-0008GV-Ie for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 13 May 2004 15:52:19 -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 1BOP3F-0008Fo-6o; Thu, 13 May 2004 15:51:41 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 13 May 2004 15:51:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.32) id 1BOP35-0008FW-7Y for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 13 May 2004 15:51:31 -0700 Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 15:51:31 -0700 Message-ID: <20040513225131.GH4461@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20040513183600.GJ4461@digitalkingdom.org> <5.1.0.14.0.20040513184211.00ab0a00@pop.east.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20040513184211.00ab0a00@pop.east.cox.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i X-archive-position: 7818 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 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: y: what is it good for? X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 22281 On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 06:47:09PM -0400, Nora LeChevalier wrote: > At 12:02 PM 5/13/04 -0700, xorxes wrote: > >Would it be possible to make a distinction between the lerfu {.ybu}, > >and {.y. bu} a hesitation before a {bu} that attaches to whatever > >came before? > > At present, you MAY pause between any 2 lojban words (although you may > NOT pause within one), which I consider a good thing. This suggestion > would invalidate that, for (IMO) very little advantage. I'm inclined to agree, but his point (at least currently; it's evolved over the last few hours) is that "ybu" would be a *single* word. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "Many philosophical problems are caused by such things as the simple inability to shut up." -- David Stove, liberally paraphrased. http://www.lojban.org/ *** loi pimlu na srana .i ti rokci morsi