Re: [lojban] casnu bau la lojban le si'o selma'o

[Invent Yourself <xod@thestonecutters.net>]

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Jay F Kominek wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 07:29:12PM -0400, Invent Yourself wrote:
> > On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Jay F Kominek wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 06:15:08PM -0400, Craig wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Weell, if we use the Capital = letter name convention, we get .ubuibu, which
> > > > is just silly.
> > >
> > > Bah, that's xod trying to make the text more colorful, not a convention.
> >
> > I was really under the impression that someone else came up with the idea.
> > Especially since it was done in Loglan!
>
> Who said anything to the contrary?


Yes, you're very amusing.



>
> > I think the capital tradition is strictly English
>
> Strictly English? Where do you get that from?
>
> Presumably you'll find it in any alphabet which is related to the Greek
> alphabet, and then some.



What I meant by "capital tradition" will be left as an exercise for the
reader.



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