Re: [lojban] Re: larlermorna

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Wednesday 05 January 2011 08:39:32 Michael Turniansky wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I now see what you mean, but this is an intrinsic flaw due to using
> > simmetrical symbols. It could be alleviated by the type of decorations or
> > by using a non symmetrical symbol for {ni'o} or for {.i}, ...
>
>   Well, of course it's not a problem if you have an y'y anywhere in
> there, since that is non symmetrical.
>     --xoisvyrei

".i" is asymmetrical, as the dot is on the bottom and the dot never appears on 
top. And anyone who grew up with this abugida could instantly tell that words 
like "koimmai", "xoisvyrei", and "gxuei" are upside down.

Pierre
-- 
li ze te'a ci vu'u ci bi'e te'a mu du
li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci

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