From xod@thestonecutters.net Mon Dec 02 18:31:56 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 3 Dec 2002 02:31:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 74678 invoked from network); 3 Dec 2002 02:31:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 3 Dec 2002 02:31:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Dec 2002 02:31:56 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18J2qq-0004Ly-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 02 Dec 2002 18:31:56 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18J2qn-0004Lg-00; Mon, 02 Dec 2002 18:31:53 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 02 Dec 2002 18:31:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from [66.111.194.10] (helo=granite.thestonecutters.net) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18J2qj-0004LB-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2002 18:31:49 -0800 Received: from localhost (xod@localhost) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gB32VIJ60965 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 21:31:18 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 21:31:18 -0500 (EST) To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Specific example of Sapir-Whorf in English OR How Lojban made me think more clearly In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20021202213103.S60951-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 2936 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: xod@thestonecutters.net Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: Invent Yourself Reply-To: xod@thestonecutters.net X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=110189215 X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Jim Carter wrote: > On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Pierre Abbat wrote: > > I use big-endian when writing a date in figures, whether in English or > > Lojban. The order of a fully-spelled-out date in English is dow month day > > year, in French is dow day month year, and in Lojban is day month year dow. > > Dare I mention ISO 8601, which mandates YYYY-MO-DY etc? At work, files are > sooooo much easier to handle since we converted everything to ISO 8601 > format. http://www.lojban.org/wiki/index.php/Dates -- Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.