From lojban-out@lojban.org Wed Oct 09 10:25:49 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_2_0); 9 Oct 2002 17:25:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 96299 invoked from network); 9 Oct 2002 17:25:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 9 Oct 2002 17:25:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 9 Oct 2002 17:25:49 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 17zKeZ-0003Pw-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 09 Oct 2002 10:29:47 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17zKdz-0003Pd-00; Wed, 09 Oct 2002 10:29:11 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 09 Oct 2002 10:29:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 17zKdw-0003PU-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 09 Oct 2002 10:29:08 -0700 Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 10:29:08 -0700 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Standard Lojban (was: The Alice Translation Has Moved And Changed) (fwd) Message-ID: <20021009172908.GI4649@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20021009113024.O23951-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021009113024.O23951-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-archive-position: 2038 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 11:30:37AM -0400, Invent Yourself wrote: > On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Nick Nicholas wrote: > > > Not that I'd want nothing to do with a text that refuses to put dots > > before the i's anyway. > > It seems that Standard Lojban should be used for collaborative works, > so that the styles converge upon one style. Yes, in certain cases, > this is unclear, but in most cases we know what is most mainstream, > simplest, and will cause the least surprise. > > However, some of us have habits and styles that are not mainstream; > Jorge's lack of ".", novel use of "ji'i", my using capitals for > variables, widely-despised lujvo, etc. We should reserve those for our > personal works. I can't even express the extent of my agreement. .iecai -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ http://www.lojban.org/ la lojban. jai curmi roda .einai to ku'i so'ada mukti le nu co'a darlu le'o -- RLP I'm a *male* Robin.