From lojban+bncCK7Yk5CUCxCK1pXpBBoEX2Ek9w@googlegroups.com Wed Jan 05 23:11:23 2011 Received: from mail-qy0-f189.google.com ([209.85.216.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Pak0D-0002C5-NU; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:11:23 -0800 Received: by qyk1 with SMTP id 1sf54331082qyk.16 for ; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:11:11 -0800 (PST) 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:received :in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :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 :content-transfer-encoding; bh=lxEni+PTgh8ff0S6GekFd13L4uMUn1OOuWcWu296L+U=; b=hhyeaCkmZKpGp+Q06Rcf8K84/iZOkdovIJxVMDRGMp27G6X4GPTYQjx79R4Xj0hYnC CuoSzHqeofgsRCsgn0GWAuPtcGp4oJ4q9slfVxbrKvS7470tFhVoAiAYEHaf0gn5dIha BfbG5dDrrWewSN7CV5QZ3cjR72cJnLVU5DfzI= 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: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:content-transfer-encoding; b=BH4XNTr782m6iJ0nR2J4VtkB69CeqL7J1mmmegRbKmd8w7PnRRx3uYjF4HQwGyb2ej ppqtWMemgJmc+G3Vf/XqfQybsekHwPAqwOcejhqW6S5io+uxl3d8WoxfChWfm913JIDC yUyzQe+bqUcVQuYOV0M6MArC8EWEbrd/fN+5U= Received: by 10.229.105.98 with SMTP id s34mr3314066qco.0.1294297866639; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:11:06 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.224.176.70 with SMTP id bd6ls3846735qab.5.p; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:11:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.224.20.68 with SMTP id e4mr2196705qab.23.1294297866312; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:11:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.224.20.68 with SMTP id e4mr2196704qab.23.1294297866269; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:11:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-qw0-f45.google.com (mail-qw0-f45.google.com [209.85.216.45]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id k7si4359886qcu.6.2011.01.05.23.11.05; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:11:05 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of rdentato@gmail.com designates 209.85.216.45 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.216.45; Received: by mail-qw0-f45.google.com with SMTP id 4so16807841qwk.4 for ; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:11:05 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.231.9 with SMTP id jo9mr21317867qcb.201.1294297865166; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:11:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.227.73 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Jan 2011 23:11:05 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <9114501.161.1294150198377.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqhy19> <20110105165612.GL17534@digitalkingdom.org> <0a644923-609c-4537-b478-f9e446f6e779@g25g2000yqn.googlegroups.com> Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 08:11:05 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Vote for the Future Global Language From: Remo Dentato To: "lojban@googlegroups.com" X-Original-Sender: rdentato@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of rdentato@gmail.com designates 209.85.216.45 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=rdentato@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@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: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday, January 6, 2011, Jonathan Jones wrote: > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Michael Turniansky wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:19 PM, najrut wrote: >> Chinese uses latin numbers in their writing system, doesn't it ? (as >> it's native numbering system is cumbersome) Hence, this language can't >> be international.... Nonsense ! >> > > =C2=A0No they use Chinese numbers, =C2=A0=E4=B8=80 =E4=BA=8C =E4=B8=89 = =E5=9B=9B =E4=BA=94etc, or they use Arabic > numerals, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... but they don't use Latin numbers (I II III > IV V), as far as I know... =C2=A0:-P > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0--gejyspa > > I don't think anyone uses Latin numerals anymore, with the exception of d= ating (as in movies.) Arabic's base-10 system is so much better. :D > > -- > mu'o mi'e .aionys. > > .i.a'o.e'e ko cmima le bende pe lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu= do zo'o > (Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D ) > > > > -- > 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@googlegr= oups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojb= an?hl=3Den. > --=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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegrou= ps.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban= ?hl=3Den.