[lojban-beginners] Re: Another Newbie Intro

[HeliodoR <exitconsole@gmail.com>]

la filip. ciska di'e
> I would've left out {la} after COI and would've said {coi .nei,omis. .e rodo
> .i mi'e .skat.}, but leaving in the {la} is not wrong.
I'm not sure about it, but I suppose that they don't really mean the same (with and

without the {la}).

For example, to me {coi .skat.} seems like "Goodbye to YOU, Scott!", while

{coi la skat.} is more like "Goodbye to the person who's called Scott!", less personally.

> co'o mi'e .skat.
> or
> co'o mi'e la skat.
And IMO those ones are also different:

"Bye, [I'm] Scott."

"Bye, [I'm] the person who's called Scott." o_0

> As for me, I tend to use {mu'o} in email exchanges since I'm not parting or
> saying good-bye, as such; rather, I expect people to respond to my message
> and so I say the equivalent of "I'm finished talking now; you can respond
> now if you wish". Personal preference, I suppose.
Everybody is trying to make up her/his own Lojban-style, and the language offers

quite a lot of possibilities to do that. .u'i

(Personally - I like Your {mu'o}... but I don't like stealing ideas.)
 

(Just a note about 'Indicators vs. Emoticons': I've been using some attidutinals so far

although I do feel that the message becomes a bit less lively without the usual smileys. .uinai)

mi'e .xili,odor.