Re: [lojban] An Attempt at Lojbanistan Txtspk

[Wuzzy <almikes@aol.com>]

Am Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:13:42 -0800 (PST)
schrieb lorxus <coronacoreanici@gmail.com>:

> coi rodo mi'e lorxus
> 
> I was struck by a chunk of inspiration on the way home today; I
> wondered what Lojbanistani textspeak might look like, remembering the
> translation of some earlier. I want to see if anyone can figure out
> what it says, and thus whether it would be a plausible example of
> putative textspeak.
> 
> c 
> m'e lr?
> m?-cmene-d
> m-xabju l jbo-gd bu'u 1moi-tca
> m-tadni l cmaci
> ui m-glk l nu d-b-zi-vitke-m
> t'o ? l ckafi a tcati plk-d ; m-djn l 6m 6m kafzac ; m-tr-ven tez'e
> k-pnx t'o-n xenru l m-xlacus :( ; r l'a n-slabu ri'a r n-ri'i ;je
> ti-fnx kargu ;je m-c-c'o jdn-sl-nabmi 666
> l m-1f-b-sispe'i-d bu'u l vij-tcan
> g'e "FIhI LA JBOGU'E" 66
> m-d-zi-vsk
> c'o
> 
> So there it is then.
> re'i!
> 

Ouch, my brain and eyes burn! I would feel enshamed if I ever
communicate in this way with any sane living being. ;-)
Briefly, I think this introduces many “What the fuck?” features and
removes a lot of “Oh, nice!” features of Lojban.

Here are the “What the fuck?” moments:
“lr” = “lorxus”? “lorxu” … Meh.
“m?” = “ma”? Wow, that’s pointless, it doesn’t even save you a letter.
xD
All words of the form “consonant apostrophe vocal” are a *huge* WTF
for me. Yay let’s just guess the missing vocal. You have a 80% chance
to be wrong. XD It would become especially fun for the “k'o” series.
Err, sorry, I meant “ka'o” series. ;-)
Not to say that one has to remember a lot of abbreviations. Sorry, but
the rafsi are already enough for me. LOL.
Speaking of rafsi: How would textspeak deal with a very long lujvo,
not to say fu'ivla?

Not that you think I have guessed correctly. Nope, I had to read your
solution first.

And like you said, this pretty much destroys the non-ambigious grammar.
Not to say also a lot of other “Oh, nice!” features in Lojban.

Well, it’s a nice Nerd’s Pissing Contest. A joke. But nothing more, so
I don’t take anything of it seriously. And you shouldn’t take my
response seriously, too. xD

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