[lojban] Re: Aesthetics

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 01:56:10AM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, And Rosta wrote:
> > My own preference is to omit as much as possible, including all
> > fullstops and most apostrophes
> 
> Eliding apostrophies is just plain rude. It forces the reader, likely
> to already have his hands full, to identify the impossible dipthongs;
> it requires an intimacy with Lojban.

It probably requires both intimacy with Lojban and fast visual
reconstruction, which as I have already said puts me out.

-Robin

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