Subject: [lojban] Re: ".i la lojban(.) mo"

From: Robin Turner <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 00:17:29 +0200

Theodore Reed wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 17:18:45 +0000
> And Rosta <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Why ".i la lojban mo" and not ".i la lojban. mo" (with fullstop 
>>after "lojban"?
>>
>>--And.
> 
> 
> I suppose because the space already assumes a pause? (Without knowing
> the context, this is the best I can do.)
> 
Only if you're Jorge, perhaps ;-). Spaces in Lojban are only there for 
typographic reasons - they don't assume anything in terms of diction. 
IMHO, it's more permissible to omit spaces than to omit full stops.

robin.tr

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