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RE: Draft update of Lojban FAQ



At 09:57 PM 02/03/2000 +0000, you wrote:
> > From: Bob LeChevalier-Logical Language Group <lojbab@lojban.org>
> >
> > Following is the non-HTML text of my revision to the Lojban-List FAQ, now
> > titled the Lojban FAQ.  Please send comments.
> >
> > lojbab
>
>[...]
>
>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > TECHNICAL
> > 1a. Why do some texts use <h> instead of <'>?
> > Aesthetic reasons. And Rosta in particular thinks mohi looks better in
> > print than mo'i and sometimes uses it the hopes that he can influence the
>
>[...]
>
> > 1b. Could I take a text with <h>s and do a search and replace with <'> and
> > end up with "standard" lojban?
> > Probably not, because people like And have used a number of non-standard
> > spelling conventions:
>
>It strikes me as inappropriate that the FAQ should *begin* with these
>sections, documenting, as they do, instances of deviance from the norm
>and furthermore practises that have not been attested on the list for
>some years. Maybe near the end they might be less obtrusive.
>
>--And.


Good point. I didn't write the thing, only updated it.  Perhaps there are 
other questions that should be added, and this one should be downplayed or 
deleted.

Other questions (and answers) that should be added are welcome, at least 
till I get the pages done.

lojbab
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