Re: [lojban] Re: y: what is it good for?

[Pierre Abbat <phma@webjockey.net>]

On Friday 14 May 2004 12:15, jcowan@reutershealth.com wrote:
> Philip Newton scripsit:
> > What about zoi? Would that be allowed as a zoi delimiter?
> >
> > I seem to recall reading somewhere that it was a good "safe" choice as
> > a zoi delimiter since, though I don't remember the reason.
>
> I've always liked it: you can view it as zoizoi ... zoi brackets.
> It's good for quoting English in particular, as it's a sound that's
> unlikely to occur, and it occurs in writing pretty much only in
> "trapezoid" and friends and in the era names like "Cenozoic".

Even then it's valid; the delimiter has to recur after a pause to be 
recognized. I once asked about {zoi zoi" borzoi "zoi}.

phma

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