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[lojban] Re: Original orthography draft now online for critique

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:40 AM, John E Clifford <kali9putra@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'd say somewhere a bit above the middle of the range of proposals (a B of some sort -- roughly on a par with the Latin alphabet).  Having to go back to dot the 'i's is a defect as is the fact that the use of diacritics for phoneme distinction increases the likelihood of misspellings and/or misreadings.  That aside. the various symbols are fairly distinct, though perhaps unduly complex.  It is unclear whether in a running hand the difference between a loop and a point will be maintained.
Thanks for your critique, you raise some valid points. The 'i-dotting'
mechanism is I feel, the weakest part of my proposal. I haven't found
a better mechanism yet, and I am fond of the diacritics so for now it
is unchanged. The distinction between round and point is something i
wasted many-a sheet of paper testing. I'm convinced it works. Some
characters are complex, but they still flow from the pen naturally, so
I don't consider it an issue. I'm intrigued to hear you give the
system a 'B' as you said - to which proposal would
you give an 'A'? Perhaps we can mingle the best points from both.
mu'o


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