From phma@webjockey.net Sun Jul 28 11:44:50 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_7_4); 28 Jul 2002 18:44:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 70030 invoked from network); 28 Jul 2002 18:44:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m7.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Jul 2002 18:44:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Jul 2002 18:44:49 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 17Yt29-0000l6-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sun, 28 Jul 2002 11:44:49 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17Yt1T-0000ko-00; Sun, 28 Jul 2002 11:44:07 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 28 Jul 2002 11:44:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from clt88-180-140.carolina.rr.com ([24.88.180.140] helo=neofelis.ixazon.lan) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17Yt1O-0000kc-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 28 Jul 2002 11:44:02 -0700 Received: by neofelis.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 500) id 215F93C477; Sun, 28 Jul 2002 14:03:33 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Dictionary software--Unicode, please Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 14:03:31 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <20020727011618.GA1045@allusion.net> <20020728142657.GA1558@chain.digitalkingdom.org> In-Reply-To: <20020728142657.GA1558@chain.digitalkingdom.org> X-Spamtrap: fesmri@ixazon.dynip.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <02072814033100.04407@neofelis> X-archive-position: 344 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@webjockey.net Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: Pierre Abbat Reply-To: phma@webjockey.net X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=92712300 On Sunday 28 July 2002 10:26, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 04:43:05PM +0200, Arnt Richard Johansen wrote: > > I think it is unnecessary to print IPA descriptions after each and every > > entry in the dictionary. > > I shuold hope not; it's a phonetic language! 8) For names it may be necessary; e.g. the first 'n' in "UAcintyn" should be pronounced as in "sanga", which is not normal for 'n' before 't'. Then there's 'r', which has several allophones, of which one or the other may be appropriate depending on what language the name comes from. Not that it's wrong to pronounce "UAcintyn" as "Washinton"; it just sounds funny. phma