From xod@thestonecutters.net Wed Jun 05 17:15:38 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@thestonecutters.net X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_2); 6 Jun 2002 00:15:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 47906 invoked from network); 6 Jun 2002 00:15:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 6 Jun 2002 00:15:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO granite.thestonecutters.net) (66.111.194.10) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Jun 2002 00:15:37 -0000 Received: from localhost (xod@localhost) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g560FXP53561 for ; Wed, 5 Jun 2002 20:15:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 20:15:33 -0400 (EDT) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] casnu bau la lojban le si'o selma'o In-Reply-To: <20020605181204.B10807@miranda.org> Message-ID: <20020605201233.E53210-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=110189215 X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Jay F Kominek wrote: > On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 07:29:12PM -0400, Invent Yourself wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Jay F Kominek wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 06:15:08PM -0400, Craig wrote: > > > > > > > > Weell, if we use the Capital = letter name convention, we get .ubuibu, which > > > > is just silly. > > > > > > Bah, that's xod trying to make the text more colorful, not a convention. > > > > I was really under the impression that someone else came up with the idea. > > Especially since it was done in Loglan! > > Who said anything to the contrary? Yes, you're very amusing. > > > I think the capital tradition is strictly English > > Strictly English? Where do you get that from? > > Presumably you'll find it in any alphabet which is related to the Greek > alphabet, and then some. What I meant by "capital tradition" will be left as an exercise for the reader. -- Nisha, 26, clutching an ice cream and her toddler son, read impassively through a leaflet calling for immediate dialogue with Pakistan to avert the horror of a nuclear war. "Why should we worry about this?" she said with a shrug. "India has more nuclear weapons than Pakistan. We will wipe them off the map and win the war."