From lojban-out@lojban.org Fri Jul 07 10:32:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 12542 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2006 17:31:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m38.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 7 Jul 2006 17:31:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Jul 2006 17:31:55 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Fyu9j-0005mM-DE for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:30:19 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Fyu8J-0005kv-Uq; Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:28:52 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:28:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Fyu7r-0005kg-Ro for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:28:24 -0700 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.185]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Fyu7n-0005kY-Ea for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:28:21 -0700 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id x30so150175nfb for ; Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:28:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.166.7 with SMTP id o7mr815740hue; Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:28:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.33.3 with HTTP; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 10:28:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <12d58c160607071028v5702cf38ia93c8ebe8e565f71@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 13:28:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20060707164405.44652.qmail@web81311.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_49267_13717315.1152293296576" References: <12d58c160607070930l59d5ed26kf1bb8267f38d0c20@mail.gmail.com> <20060707164405.44652.qmail@web81311.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: e2af02533f53e0a8 X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) X-archive-position: 11966 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: komfoamonan@gmail.com X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:0:0:0 X-eGroups-From: "komfo,amonan" From: "komfo,amonan" Reply-To: komfoamonan@gmail.com Subject: [lojban] Re: Alphabet proposal one. X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=K5KwpZBq3cNAC-dL3bjXCyQaftHaHYql9e3_zada6k-oEJSTQw X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 26392 ------=_Part_49267_13717315.1152293296576 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 7/7/06, John E Clifford wrote: > > The point being that many people who speak -- and write -- those other > languages also know the > Latin alphabet -- for English (etc.) perhaps, but also for their own > languages, whether officially > or not (even fifty years ago, most advertising signs in India were in Latin > characters as well as > Devanagiri and it has only gotten more so since, and we won't bother > noting Pinyin). Please *do* note Pinyin. I didn't think it was used much in PRC in contexts where there wouldn't be western tourists or business travelers. In other words, that the average Chinese person doesn't know pinyin or have much use for it. It's a bit OT, but I'd love to have your insight on or off the list about this. mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan ------=_Part_49267_13717315.1152293296576 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 7/7/06, John E Clifford <clifford-j@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
The point being that many people who speak -- and write -- those other languages also know the
Latin alphabet -- for English (etc.) perhaps, but also for their own languages, whether officially
or not
(even fifty years ago, most advertising signs in India were in Latin characters as well as
Devanagiri and it has only gotten more so since, and we won't bother noting Pinyin).

Please *do* note Pinyin. I didn't think it was used much in PRC in contexts where there wouldn't be western tourists or business travelers. In other words, that the average Chinese person doesn't know pinyin or have much use for it. It's a bit OT, but I'd love to have your insight on or off the list about this.

mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan
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