From jay.kominek@colorado.edu Mon Jan 28 06:55:29 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: kominek@ucsub.colorado.edu X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 28 Jan 2002 14:55:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 65429 invoked from network); 28 Jan 2002 14:55:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m6.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Jan 2002 14:55:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ucsub.colorado.edu) (128.138.129.12) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Jan 2002 14:55:28 -0000 Received: from ucsub.colorado.edu (kominek@ucsub.colorado.edu [128.138.129.12]) by ucsub.colorado.edu (8.11.6/8.11.2/ITS-5.0/student) with ESMTP id g0SEtR706254 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 07:55:27 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 07:55:27 -0700 (MST) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [lojban] Bible translation style question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE From: Jay Kominek X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=20706630 X-Yahoo-Profile: jfkominek On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, And Rosta wrote: > Where I do see a SAE bias is, say, in the choice among the following: > > 1. lo broda cu brode > 2. da broda gi'e brode > 3. da ge broda gi brode > > These are equivalent, but the first is the most favoured and the last the > least. Why is that? Because 3 is the longest option, and anyone with sense is as lazy a typist as possible? And 2 and 3 are another full syllable longer than 1, so I doubt they'd even manage to win if you start speaking them. I am, by the way, only partially serious. Do you happen to have another example of SAE bias handy where syllable count or character length or simplicity of the cmavo used can't be the cause? - Jay Kominek Plus =C3=A7a change, plus c'est la m=C3=AAme chose