[lojban-beginners] Re: apostrophes?

[jkominek@miranda.org]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 01:24:40PM +1300, Michael van der Gulik wrote:
> Why does Lojban use apostrophes instead of "h"'s?

Because ' isn't h.

> It seems much more natural to use "h"'s, as it keeps words together
> (consider that an apo'stro'phe ins'er'ts sp'ac'es i'n'to wo'rds,
> breaking them up and making them harder to read as one word).

That apostrophes seem to break up words is a matter of opinion. I
don't feel that they break words up at all.

> Is it acceptable to use, e.g. "keha" instead of "ke'a"? Or will people 
> become angry?

You'll find some people who won't mind.

I'll probably just refuse to understand you. Same as if you were to use
unofficial gismu.

-- 
Jay Kominek <jkominek@miranda.org>