From jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Mon Jan 03 15:41:31 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:41:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from web41907.mail.yahoo.com ([66.218.93.158]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ClbpF-0002gm-4E for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:41:25 -0800 Received: (qmail 49433 invoked by uid 60001); 3 Jan 2005 23:40:54 -0000 Message-ID: <20050103234054.49431.qmail@web41907.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [200.114.197.65] by web41907.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:40:54 PST Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:40:54 -0800 (PST) From: Jorge "Llambías" Subject: [lojban] Re: Lojban Lookup - program for Windows To: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <20050103224351.59684.qmail@web51606.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-archive-position: 9155 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 Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list coi jordis > Any of you guys sees any advantage to using ' instead > of h? (besides the clear conscience one gains when > keeping to the ways of the forefathers, I mean) From the point of view of the morphology of Lojban, the function of ' is very distinctive, it behaves very differently from all the other consonants, so it makes sense to use a separate sign. Whether or not this compensates the problems this may cause to computers is another matter. And of course there is the weight of tradition too. mu'o mi'e xorxes __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250