From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Sun Aug 20 04:01:15 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 20 Aug 2006 04:01:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GEl2X-0004aL-TZ for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 04:00:29 -0700 Received: from mx.211.ru ([193.238.131.194]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GEl1w-0004XM-5R for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 04:00:12 -0700 Received: from localhost (mx.211.ru [193.238.131.194]) by mx.211.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE79FEBC62 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:35:29 +0700 (NOVST) Received: from mx.211.ru ([193.238.131.194]) by localhost (mx.211.ru [193.238.131.194]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 37316-10 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:35:28 +0700 (NOVST) Received: from mail.211.ru (mail [10.5.1.2]) by mx.211.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1F7CEBC60 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:35:27 +0700 (NOVST) Received: from localhost (host-102-2-129.211.ru [10.102.2.129]) by mail.211.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF2A05C15 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:59:41 +0700 (NOVST) Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:59:39 +0700 From: Yanis Batura X-Mailer: The Bat! (v3.5.30) Professional X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1427226709.20060820175939@mail.ru> To: Wang Xuerui Subject: [lojban] Re: [Anecdote #19] Lojbanic Compass In-Reply-To: <492596e80608200331j94962f8h880b999430ebaaa8@mail.gmail.com> References: <997079364.20060820150033@mail.ru> <492596e80608200331j94962f8h880b999430ebaaa8@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----------1221121392783F0D0" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-archive-position: 12508 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: ybatura@mail.ru Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list ------------1221121392783F0D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 20.08.2006, 17:31, Wang Xuerui wrote: > 2006/8/20, Yanis Batura : > Would be better if you use three letters to distinguish the directions. > > N -- "ber" > W -- "sti" > S -- "sna" > E -- "stu" > Does that work? That would be neither culturally neutral, nor politically correct. On the Lojbanic compass, each side is equal to other, except for the North which is made distinct (otherwise the Compass would be useless, although ultimately neutral). zo'onaicai By the way, "and I'll definitely not to let it appear again" - is this wrong English from your subscription intended? mi'e .ianis. --------------------- Lojban: A Language With *Intelligent* Design ------------1221121392783F0D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

On 20.08.2006, 17:31, Wang Xuerui wrote:

> 2006/8/20, Yanis Batura <ybatura@mail.ru>:

> Would be better if you use three letters to distinguish the directions.

> N -- "ber"

> W -- "sti"

> S -- "sna"

> E -- "stu"

> Does that work?

That would be neither culturally neutral, nor politically correct. On the Lojbanic compass, each side is equal to other, except for the North which is made distinct (otherwise the Compass would be useless, although ultimately neutral). zo'onaicai

By the way, "and I'll definitely not to let it appear again" - is this wrong English from your subscription intended?

mi'e .ianis.

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