[lojban] acronyms take priority (Re: Why capital letters standing in for letterals . . .)

["la_okus" <xeubie@hotmail.com>]

la kreig. cusku di'e

> >My order of preference, from worst to best is:
> 
> >la DJENifer
> >la DJEnifer
> >la djEnifer
> >la djénifer
> >la djenifer
> 
> >i.e., I prefer that the name be fully adapted, but if they insist
> >on the unusual stress then mark it with the least intrusive 
method.
> 
> This is my preference also.

I'm with you guys ... not that we're voting or anything. I just think a 
lot of the shortcuts in Lojban have been applied specifically to 
high-traffic areas, for obvious reasons. Gasnu simply needs the 
one-syllable rafsi more than cacra. Furthermore, acronyms need 
the capital letters more than stressed names do. Acutes are a 
pain to type, but stressed names will almost certainly not be as 
common as acronyms.

BTW, hexadecimals were mentioned on the wiki. Since they 
hardly ever appear in normal prose, probably only the guys of the 
math end will ever care about it (does li ABC = li abubycy or li 
daufeigai?). Anyway, Lojbanic mathematicians will have a lot 
more symbol problems than that to take care of.

mu'omi'e .okus.



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