Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 51771 invoked from network); 3 Jul 2006 13:00:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.67.34) by m25.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 3 Jul 2006 13:00:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta8.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Jul 2006 13:00:08 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1FxO21-0007aC-7v for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 06:00:05 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1FxO1M-0007ZC-MY; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 05:59:25 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 03 Jul 2006 05:59:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1FxO0p-0007Yx-ON for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 05:58:51 -0700 Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com ([64.233.162.202]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1FxO0o-0007Yp-FR for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 05:58:51 -0700 Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id r28so552434nza for ; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 05:58:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.133.20 with SMTP id g20mr3124218nzd; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 05:58:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.100? ( [70.224.74.45]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 14sm8524055nzp.2006.07.03.05.58.47; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 05:58:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <44A913D8.7060407@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:55:52 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20060702215144.96228.qmail@web81304.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <44A8818D.60800@gmail.com> <925d17560607030537i64436e5fx3ca8587c82da2a5f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <925d17560607030537i64436e5fx3ca8587c82da2a5f@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-archive-position: 11874 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: hobyrne@gmail.com X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:0:0:0 X-eGroups-From: Hugh O'Byrne From: Hugh O'Byrne Reply-To: hobyrne@gmail.com Subject: [lojban] Re: [hobyrne@gmail.com: Alphabet] X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=8oS1RHzSiCDun13CcQCUU-hQQCBQ1P2_5pt_cjFep0zHjyaiHg X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 26299 Content-Length: 1230 Lines: 39 Jorge Llambías wrote: > On 7/2/06, Hugh O'Byrne wrote: > >> John E Clifford wrote: >> > (English â€" indeed all written languages â€" >> > are more like Chinese than we at first notice). >> >> Point: inquiry. >> >> I don't really understand what you mean by that last bit in the >> parentheses. Perhaps this is not the forum for it, but I'd be >> interested to learn what property (properties?) of Chinese you're >> referring to. > > > I tnhik he mnaes taht we dno't rlealy raed wdors lteter by ltteer, but > we rethar raed tehm as wolhe wrods. For emplxae, if you slaffhe the > lerttes isdine wrods, a txet rmianes spsurringily esay to ustenrdad, as > lnog as you keep the frist and lsat letetr of ecah wrod in its palce. > (Dno't > try tihs in Labjon utnil you are vrey flenut, thguoh!) > > mu'o mi'e xorxes :-D I love it! It reminds me of the Anguish Languish, though it's demonstrating a different aspect. http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/anguish.html mi'e .xius. 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.