From lojban+bncCO2N0YfCFhD4nNjhBBoElOvPBQ@googlegroups.com Thu Jul 08 10:44:53 2010 Received: from mail-gw0-f61.google.com ([74.125.83.61]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1OWv9J-0001AZ-4v; Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:44:53 -0700 Received: by gwj23 with SMTP id 23sf1934519gwj.16 for ; Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:44:30 -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:x-originating-ip:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:mime-version:subject:date:references:x-mailer :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=jFXGuU/wlDDx148nFbvMPmNEtNQYElOSqe4JWLyQILg=; b=haT8dOydM0XTkUyaz9PcAw5N8qjbhozPxKb5ZqIj0rpU6XdIoYwtitIweNWXJSsHmN koqsLs5MeJpcPSX9yMsiUkXBHSKhyoqy7CoqegvnfgRIpnZhKMsXYQ+HLHWjtylJpI7K d6PVnIhYwJwpuvpfMVQSrzmHgkdl7bUighc64= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:x-originating-ip:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:mime-version:subject:date:references:x-mailer :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; b=o+AuXVKQfP86ikSVviy71FuAu+pimoW90mSC6tyE5i6wm/82bq+ZCSUkfVOkLfQzyE st5tNoeFSQCyZ4yoVVPnHkFrrBxrSFCBx83LaKsmOJhfpKFzV1ZHigSk+Gadgah52Ar+ 83CFXNSzRPph6CKZi3tL1wSChleSt0vUFyi+A= Received: by 10.91.42.38 with SMTP id u38mr972731agj.50.1278611064747; Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:44:24 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.231.176.18 with SMTP id bc18ls6867258ibb.3.p; Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:44:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.161.82 with SMTP id q18mr1034404ibx.11.1278611064073; Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:44:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.161.82 with SMTP id q18mr1034403ibx.11.1278611064040; Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:44:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kcout01.prserv.net (kcout01.prserv.net [12.154.55.31]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id z11si5088753ibb.4.2010.07.08.10.44.23; Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:44:23 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 12.154.55.31 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of kpreid@switchb.org) client-ip=12.154.55.31; Received: from [ipv6:::1] (linode.feoh.org[97.107.129.138]) by prserv.net (kcout01) with SMTP id <2010070817442320100jjtl7e> (Authid: usinet.kpreid); Thu, 8 Jul 2010 17:44:23 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [97.107.129.138] Message-Id: <4C614EFA-4833-4DF3-B133-A7E08DED061C@switchb.org> From: Kevin Reid To: lojban@googlegroups.com In-Reply-To: <20100708170928.GN16391@nvg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Lojbanic for "Superscript" needed Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 10:44:08 -0700 References: <92668b73-3b25-46f7-bc9b-4a63d25bac3d@c33g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> <28a63e3f-d2db-4f00-974b-cec9863050b7@u26g2000yqu.googlegroups.com> <20100708170928.GN16391@nvg.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Original-Sender: kpreid@switchb.org X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: 12.154.55.31 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of kpreid@switchb.org) smtp.mail=kpreid@switchb.org 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: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes On Jul 8, 2010, at 10:09, Arnt Richard Johansen wrote: > On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 09:55:53AM -0700, lojdjis wrote: >>> but I'm guessing what you want is a >>> counterpart to "xi", not a word meaning "superscript".) >> Exactly. >> >> For reasons of symmetry there should be a short word for "xi nai". >> Are there any unoccupied two-letter words for lojban ? > > Subscripts appear to be more a fairly general means of attaching > additional information or distinctions to grammatical words, rather > than a representation of the typographical practice of subscripting. The meaning of zo xi is analogous to the mathematical practice of subscripting. In mathematics superscripts are variously used for lo tenfa, repetitions of other elements than multiplication, and in ways similar to subscripts. -- Kevin Reid -- 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=en.