Re: Massive irony (Everson, please read) (was Re: [lojban] BPFK Announcement: Orthography)

[Michael Everson <michael.everson@gmail.com>]

On 7 Apr 2010, at 07:00, Robin Lee Powell wrote:

> This dovetailed with a nagging feeling I had been having that I was sticking to the way I was used to things because I'm used to them.

Which is *always* the reaction when it comes to questions of orthographic change. (Nota bene: I did not say "orthographic reform". Reform is what happens if people take up change.)

> So, ironically, working on this made me much more receptive to Everson's plans.
> 
> I *still* think ". I" looks like cat barf, but I think that's just me being conservative, so I'm going to be less of a dick about it.

Remember, in the "standard typography" version "." and "I" are unrelated. The glottal/pause is inherent in initial vowels and words following "la"; the full stop is just the sentence-ending blort.

Michael


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