From lojban+bncCKfmmZXpCBCB99zhBBoEx64HgQ@googlegroups.com Fri Jul 09 08:09:04 2010 Received: from mail-gx0-f189.google.com ([209.85.161.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1OXFCF-0000tv-Tc; Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:09:04 -0700 Received: by gxk22 with SMTP id 22sf3537754gxk.16 for ; Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:08:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:mime-version :received:received:date:in-reply-to:x-ip:references:user-agent :x-http-useragent:message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help :list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=zW+eia+PnbT+veCn1QB8xySvgqyJxk1FTsAx3n8jJ00=; b=NQp/OPkyqAiu3aEWBidE2B7iHp45lkt+0M52j/ExAvtzlaIANNukFXnEg87n0aFEv1 AlVgHQhvSW/agx6ZFF6hIFpDjOh+YQGxH+yp2SNY/+Eb/kdMCEchBvdNvgpg2SpqUeMG vRzlBSoPxdesie4+Y7oxqI7LiWNRhoMcJfsJg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:mime-version:date:in-reply-to:x-ip:references :user-agent:x-http-useragent:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id :list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=r6ewjDibshEcOq48fqWP14P3LtD+5z9eW1K1NXtCMMPs5W+hakwN4cOtjs0vXyDrwy acL/ZFhrfaBQN9xm15qoLrBW43L1/wa0xpptjYkcfbbE9taKQCsmErbk5pejOjpCY2Zl ZNbc1T97d1E7X78g7xi9qPYYk9FK4OC3I/4aM= Received: by 10.101.61.6 with SMTP id o6mr1037064ank.17.1278688129200; Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:08:49 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.101.200.2 with SMTP id c2ls292307anq.5.p; Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:08:48 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.166.9 with SMTP id t9mr1027707ano.48.1278688128436; Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:08:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by e5g2000yqn.googlegroups.com with HTTP; Fri, 9 Jul 2010 08:08:48 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 08:08:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-IP: 89.232.124.106 References: <92668b73-3b25-46f7-bc9b-4a63d25bac3d@c33g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> <28a63e3f-d2db-4f00-974b-cec9863050b7@u26g2000yqu.googlegroups.com> <20100708170928.GN16391@nvg.org> <4C614EFA-4833-4DF3-B133-A7E08DED061C@switchb.org> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; ru; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100625 Firefox/3.6.6,gzip(gfe) Message-ID: Subject: [lojban] Re: Lojbanic for "Superscript" needed From: lojdjis To: lojban X-Original-Sender: petxd086@googlemail.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: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable So is there any way to read this string: s=C2=AA 5=C2=BA6=C2=B2e=E2=81=BF What for ? Well, reading aloud chemical formulae is one example. IPA symbols is another. It's necessary. At least for me. On Jul 9, 3:48=C2=A0am, Jonathan Jones wrote: > On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Kevin Reid wrote: > > On Jul 8, 2010, at 10:09, Arnt Richard Johansen wrote: > > > =C2=A0On 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 th= an 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 ten= fa, > > repetitions of other elements than multiplication, and in ways similar = to > > subscripts. > > > Such as "2=C2=B3", which means "two raised to the power of 3". > > -- > > Kevin Reid =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou= ps > > "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. > > -- > mu'o mi'e .aionys. > > .i.a'o.e'e ko klama le bende pe denpa bu --=20 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. 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