[lojban] Re: Closings of letters

[Rob Speer <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 06:03:34PM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> Here are some closings of letters in Abi. Can you suggest equivalents in 
> Lojban?

For one thing, since these will be followed with the writer's name,
these should all end in "mi'e". They should also begin with "i".

> msgid "Best regards,"
> msgid "Best wishes,"
i uidai a'o mi'e

(These are far too similar. Perhaps one could be replaced by some other
Lojban closing.)

> msgid "Closing:"
The caption above all of these, I presume.

i di'e te tolrinsa
(Assuming that 'tolrinsa' is a good word for 'bid farewell', which is
the opposite of 'greet' in one way)

> msgid "Cordially,"
i ga'inai mi'e

> msgid "Love,"
i iu mi'e

> msgid "Regards,"
(Again, too similar to other things.)

> msgid "Respectfully yours,"
i io o'e mi'e

> msgid "Respectfully,"
i io mi'e

> msgid "Sincerely yours,"
(This seems like 'Sincerely' which is an absolutely content-free
closing, so I think it should map to this:)

i co'o mi'e

> msgid "Take care,"
i ko ko kurji mi'e

> msgid "Thank you,"
i ki'e mi'e

> msgid "Thanks,"
i ki'e mi'e

-- 
Rob Speer