Re: [lojban] Re: le virnu smani blozeile'a

[Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 6:03 AM, Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com> wrote:

I thought that comma was mandatory only before a wovel, even for
names. I've added them all now.  Also moved to "zo". I made the same
mistake with the other translation. I hope I've learned it by now.

Dotside is an (optional) convention that proponents such as myself would prefer jbopre to use. The difference is:

In standard CLL, {la}, {lai}, and {doi} cannot appear inside a name, and {.} is not required in front of a name following those three unless it starts with a vowel. For example:

coi.xorxes.
la xorxes
coi.arnald.
la.arnald
coi.fransis.ueilynd.turston.
la fransis.ueilynd.turston.

In Dotside, {la}, {lai}, and {doi} are allowed in a name, and a beginning {.} is always required:

coi.xorxes.
la.xorxes.
coi.arnald.
la.arnald
coi.fransis.ueiland.turston.
la.fransis.ueiland.turston.

Proponents of the Dotside are so because people are horrible about NOT putting {la}, {lai}, or {doi} (especially {la}) in names, and the trade off of not having to put a {.} in front of a name if it follows one of three words- while still needing to be there in ALL other cases, isn't worth it. It just causes problems. "Always put a {.} before and after cmevla" is easier to follow than "Always put a {.} after cmevla, and before them unless they are preceded by {la}, {lai}, or {doi}, and don't put {la}, {lai}, or {doi} in any names.'
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