On 29 Mar 2010, at 19:09, Jonathan Jones wrote:
> Insofar as Lojban is concerned, {la.mari,án.} and {la.mari,An.} are the same thing. {la.mari,An.} is much more common, as "A" is easier to type. (On standard U.S. keyboard, for instance, "A" is <shift>+a, "á" is <alt>+<numpad 0,2,2,5>.)
>> and some people use guillemets,
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> I've never seen that used in actual writing.
Yes, well, I'm going to use them, and they're discussed on p. 67 of Nick and John's book.
>> and some people use question marks and exclamation marks.
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> I've never seen that used in actual writing.
They're discussed on p. 67 of Nick and John's book.
>> At least that's what people are saying.
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> No, people are saying they *can* be. Not that they *are*.
Well, fine. Then I *can* use them. :-)
>> But those are variations of Latin typographic conventions used to write the language.
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> Those are non-standard conventions, yes.
They're discussed on p. 67 of Nick and John's book.