From lojban-out@lojban.org Thu Jul 06 17:21:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 5744 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2006 00:21:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.166) by m41.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 7 Jul 2006 00:21:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Jul 2006 00:21:35 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Fye2M-0001UG-8o for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:17:38 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Fye1l-0001TU-HA; Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:17:02 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:16:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Fye1K-0001TF-KP for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:16:34 -0700 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.172]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Fye1I-0001T7-Jf for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:16:34 -0700 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id j40so504757ugd for ; Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:16:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.22.2 with SMTP id z2mr1357066ugi; Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:16:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.89.8 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 17:16:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 17:16:30 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20060706235433.GJ18983@chain.digitalkingdom.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <44AD673B.7060501@gmail.com> <925d17560607061651p19623e56x7c188368533f9c48@mail.gmail.com> <20060706235433.GJ18983@chain.digitalkingdom.org> X-Spam-Score: -2.1 (--) X-archive-position: 11944 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: ted.reed@gmail.com X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -2.1 (--) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:0:0:0 X-eGroups-From: "Theodore Reed" From: "Theodore Reed" Reply-To: ted.reed@gmail.com Subject: [lojban] Re: Alphabet proposal one. X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=XAqGuBZQu5lZvZ6ck6qBY3308Sfq4c5iHLtlvGmSHlrZpfJPEA X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 26370 On 7/6/06, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 08:51:09PM -0300, Jorge Llamb?as wrote: > > If the CLL or the BPFK ever come to treat the question, my vote > > will be for it not to declare any alphabet official, since I don't > > really see the point of having an official alphabet. > > That would be my inclination as well. And mine. I tend to think that the "Usage will determine" plays into this well. I think of it this way. If someone pushed out a book of lojban in some alternate orthography, I'd be inclined to learn it so I could read the book. But a lot of people wouldn't, which is often a consideration when publishing. If you really believe in your alternate orthography, go for it, but know that a lot of people are pretty lazy. They're already putting in the effort to learn another language, many of them will just not want to learn another orthography. -- Theodore Reed (treed/bancus) www.surreality.us To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.