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

["LakMeer Kravid" <lakmeerkravid@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Jon Top Hat Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
> I preferred the old l/r and n/m accenting thing, although I do prefer the
> new l to the old one.
I essentially agree with you here, I might reinstate the arbitrary
grouping i had before.

> The new 's' isn't much better than the old, IMHO. I'm including a
> mouse-drawn .bmp of what I was thinking of when I gave my suggestion on
> changing the 's'.
I do think the S is one of the chief culprits in the making rev2 less
pretty to look at. Making something simple and unobtrusive (because I
somehow have this idea that thats how 's' should be) proves very
difficult while still keeping the pen flow natural.
For example, your 'half-height hump' character that you suggested,
breaks the pen flow. If one flips it horizontally (mirrors it) it no
longer breaks the flow, but it looks very similar to .ebu.

> I much, much, much prefer the original .y'ybu. to the rev.2 one,
Noted.
> As an aside ... I could care less about the phontactic reasons for accent and
> whatnot, there's less new symbols to remember with them then without.
Also a perfectly valid point, and one I was considering myself when
working on rev2. I feel that some steps backwards are probably in
order.

> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Florian Larysch <florolf@devbraindump.de>
> > Yippie.
:)
> > - EN *could* become M
Oh yeah. Damn.

> > - the ' somehow brakes the "flow" of a word, although I'm not yet sure
> whether this is a good or a bad thing.
I'd say it fits with the idea of .y'y, but may not be the most fun to write

> > the new L stands out, although that might be good since it might help in recognizing
> gadri.

Thanks for your comments guys.
Lak


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