[lojban] Re: Lojban neography

[Arnt Richard Johansen <arj@nvg.org>]

Matt, please don't top post.

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Matt Arnold wrote:

>   I didn't keep optional things in mind. However, since people will want 
> to use Lojbanized names with irregular stress, and talk about {selma'o}, 
> an alternate character set analogous to capitals will be needed. As for 
> the comma syllable separator, I've never seen it used and it seems 
> utterly unnecessary to me. These could be expansion projects but not 
> very high priority personally.

No, I mean, since you use a space as a required pause, not as a word 
separator, how do you indicate *obligatory* stress? Ie, if you write

   .ireblabislilumilasnadactinoda

how can you tell which of the following it is?

   .i re blabi slilu mi lasna dacti noda
   .i rebla bisli lu mi la snada ctino da

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