[lojban] Re: Lojban Lookup - program for Windows

[jordi mas <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

> > Any of you guys sees any advantage  to using '
> instead
> > of h? (besides the clear conscience one gains when
> > keeping to the ways of the forefathers, I mean) 
> 
> From the point of view of the morphology of Lojban,
> the function of ' is very distinctive, it behaves
> very differently from all the other consonants, so
> it 
> makes sense to use a separate sign. Whether or not
> this
> compensates the problems this may cause to computers
> is another matter. And of course there is the weight
> of tradition too.

That's a defense! Keep up the good work Jorge!
Te defiendes como gato panza arriba!

OK, OK, I'm OK with ' having on its favor
the weight of tradition only. Traditions
are important, they keep the feeling of
unity of purpose and the cohesion of the
tribe. I'm not against keeping the ' by
taking into consideration social factors alone.

Now a quiz. There are seven vowel sounds in modern 
Hindi. One of them behaves very differently 
from the other seven, from the point of view 
of the phonology of Hindi. Suppose we want to write
Hindi with Roman letters. Should we use a letter 
to write that vowel? Or would some punctuation
sign make more sense? 

Regards,

--jordi



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