From 3j2e1SwwJBvclZss.lZssZqmflZhk.bnlkniaZmfnnfkdfqntor.bnl@groups.bounces.google.com Thu Apr 01 20:42:33 2010 Received: from mail-yw0-f160.google.com ([209.85.211.160]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <3j2e1SwwJBvclZss.lZssZqmflZhk.bnlkniaZmfnnfkdfqntor.bnl@groups.bounces.google.com>) id 1NxXm7-00059c-Vs for lojban-list-archive@lojban.org; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:42:33 -0700 Received: by ywh32 with SMTP id 32sf1879231ywh.28 for ; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:42:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:received:received :received:received-spf:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :x-original-authentication-results:x-original-sender:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :x-thread-url:x-message-url:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=4IKj/jYChTBtKcZmxisI6bqLqYv8rbmpcWO8oLULtdw=; b=Zj8ffLgI5C9IGEtyYh1ylXM5glpeAbLmYx2ltiIM8N6/J19JPBDx0MRQ1BVWQGUNDI 5/mi4aWKTqG18IwrgmAfkK84G1+liMe0qzcHXRL+W9bvHYN68JCyywWmMUySqGRBG//v sDzh3CRtozElVQjr9dahwfdoelSHmV8rg821M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:x-original-authentication-results :x-original-sender:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id :list-post:list-help:list-archive:x-thread-url:x-message-url:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=IPxUmRYzUPrz8EfDwRk0sIMOpDG2JvB8qqaYA+Xrw0BNkjKBAT9j+8HhzIVCnAr2RA 5GmHsnoPFSLP7wXpBsXDjHmaeR8oj+ag9Ux14DEzV7xMFu/W+0EAhq22AEmVCcqDsLuZ HbIx/6OhoSA0vVIYxX5Fa4sdsA//wbHjL5rVI= Received: by 10.151.116.20 with SMTP id t20mr108712ybm.2.1270179727251; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:42:07 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.91.91.7 with SMTP id t7ls370964agl.1.p; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:42:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.2.6 with SMTP id 6mr3556888agb.12.1270179726163; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:42:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.2.6 with SMTP id 6mr3556886agb.12.1270179726112; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:42:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-gw0-f48.google.com (mail-gw0-f48.google.com [74.125.83.48]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id 25si784924ywh.3.2010.04.01.20.42.05; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:42:05 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of matt.mattarn@gmail.com designates 74.125.83.48 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.83.48; Received: by gwaa12 with SMTP id a12so457872gwa.7 for ; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:42:05 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.196.12 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Apr 2010 20:42:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20100401165252.GK6084@digitalkingdom.org> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 23:42:04 -0400 Received: by 10.150.74.17 with SMTP id w17mr2354297yba.313.1270179724786; Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:42:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] BPFK Announcement: Orthography From: Matt Arnold To: lojban@googlegroups.com Cc: lojban-list@lojban.org X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of matt.mattarn@gmail.com designates 74.125.83.48 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=matt.mattarn@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com X-Original-Sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: X-Thread-Url: http://groups.google.com/group/lojban/t/11b07957f4e1e945 X-Message-Url: http://groups.google.com/group/lojban/msg/6949e8b40124b719 Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It's just as well, because as you see here: http://penguicon.org/ Penguicon is now canceled in preference to Wheatoncon. So unless we can find some relation between Lojban and Wil Wheaton, we will have jbonunsla in the back of the convention's moving truck. -Matt On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Christopher Doty wro= te: > Teehee.... =A0I really enjoy that the most irritating part of this propos= al to > me would writing stress on all of the cmavo :p > Damn linguistics... > Chris > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 09:52, Robin Lee Powell > wrote: >> >> Pursuant to the recent discussion, the BPFK has been meeting to >> decide what to do about declaring a very specific, offical Lojban >> orthography that includes the best of various proposals extant, a >> standard of marking stress that everyone can agree on, and the >> flexibility to deal with alternative modes of typography in Latin >> script. >> >> To that end, we've settled on the following general principles. =A0See >> below for a specific example (using the Alice translation, >> naturally). >> >> 1. =A0It has always been a founding principle of Lojban that it should >> be easy to use with computers (this is what the ASCII convention was >> about). =A0Taking this further leads to two minor changes: >> >> =A0a. =A0A new set of letters for marking stress has been chosen, that >> =A0is at least as easy to use as capitals, but leaves capitals free >> =A0for other orthographic uses without conflict. =A0For the most part, >> =A0these letters were taken from current standard internet practice, >> =A0however stressed "u" and "y" have no such standard, so they were >> =A0picked to resemble similar practice, but have no weight of long >> =A0use to back them up, unfortunately. >> >> =A0b. =A0The letter ' is now deprecated, since it routinely >> =A0upsets computers (try dealing with a file named "lo'i.mp3" in a >> =A0shell script some time). >> >> 2. =A0While periods are preferred, it is always allowed to drop >> periods, as before, but if you do so, it is preferred that you >> replace the following letter with its capital form, to enhance >> visual distinctiveness. =A0For cases where a period has been dropped, >> and the next letter is a stress letter, it's preferred to use both, >> marking the text in some way to indicate that both are intended to >> occupy the same space. =A0Details of this markup are left to usage to >> decide. >> >> 3. =A0It is preferred to always mark stress, especially since we have >> a much more convenient way to do so now; why leave out information >> if you don't have to? =A0This includes cmavo. >> >> 4. =A0Compound cmavo are no longer allowed, at all. =A0Their use will >> result in several large men arriving at your house in an unmarked >> black car. >> >> 5. =A0For obvious reasons, using numerals for "p4", "r3", "c1", and so >> on is deprecated. >> >> Here's an example of a not-totally-standard (because it drops >> periods), but perfectly valid, text under the new proposal: >> >> =A0p4 m0ho m0hi n1ha l3 r4ctu k3vna >> =A0=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> >> =A0N1ho l4 (4|A)lis c0ha t4tpi l3 n_ z_tse l3 r1rxe k0rbi r3ho l3 >> =A0m3nsi g1he z_kte f1 n0d4 (1|I) (4|A) b_ b01 p4 j1hi r3 r01 s_tra >> =A0zg4na g1he z_kte f1 n0 d4 (1|I) (4|A) b_ b01 s_ho r01 s_tra zg4na >> =A0l3 c_kta p01 l3 m3nsi c_ tc1du (1|I) k_hi c/ v4sru n0 p1xra j4 >> =A0nunc4snu (1|I) l_ j1ha m4 pr4li s31 l4 (4|A)lis p3nsi f1 l0 c_kta >> =A0p0i v4sru n0 p1xra j4 nunc4snu l1hu >> >> =A0(1|I) (4|A) b_ c4ho m3nli jd1ce t0 s3 k41 l3 x4grai selk4he p3 >> =A0v4ho l3 n_ l3 gl4re dj3di c_ r1nka l3 n_ (4|A) b_ l1fri l3 n_ >> =A0s1pydji j3 b3bna t01 l3 d_hu x_ k4_ l3 n_ pl_ka f4 l3 n_ zb4su l0 >> =A0xr_la l1nsi c_ s3 v4mji l3 r4ktu p01 n_ sahirb1ho g1he cr3pu l31 >> =A0xr_la (1|I) c4 b0 s_ksa f4 l3 n_ l0 bl4bi r4ctu p01 xunbl4bi s3 >> =A0k4nla c_ b4jra z0ha (4|A) b_ >> >> You're welcome to talk amongst yourselves, of course, but this is >> already a done deal; the BPFK has spoken, this is now official, and >> the BPFK has a majority in the LLG, so you pretty much get to suck >> it up. >> >> -Robin >> >> -- >> OMFG am I not actually speaking for the BPFK here. =A0Note the date. >> No offense to anyone, including Everson and xorxes, is intended. >> kthxbye >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group= s >> "lojban" group. >> To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=3Den. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "lojban" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=3Den. > --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= lojban" group. 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