From phma@webjockey.net Mon Mar 03 07:16:37 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_4); 3 Mar 2003 15:16:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 66350 invoked from network); 3 Mar 2003 15:16:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 3 Mar 2003 15:16:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Mar 2003 15:16:36 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18prgC-00036u-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 03 Mar 2003 07:16:36 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18prfx-00035x-00; Mon, 03 Mar 2003 07:16:21 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 03 Mar 2003 07:16:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from p3ee2be7a.dip.t-dialin.net ([62.226.190.122] helo=blackcat.ixazon.lan) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18prfX-00034f-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2003 07:15:56 -0800 Received: by blackcat.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A941E2482; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:15:48 +0100 (MET) Organization: dis To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Quoting sounds Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:15:48 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200303031615.48108.phma@webjockey.net> X-archive-position: 4296 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 Monday 03 March 2003 15:44, Martin Bays wrote: > Hi, > > What's the best way to quote pure sounds? > > I'm thinking of something like "mkgnao" - a cat's complaint. > > {zo m,k,g,nauk.}? Not allowed. 'k' cannot be next to 'g' even with a comma between them. > Or {zoi my. m,k,g,nau .my.}? > > Or even {zoi my. mkgnao .my.}? Both are allowed, but I'm not sure how to pronounce them. > Is it actually legit to put Lojban text in zoi "non-Lojban quote" quotes? Yes. Occasionally it is required, as for some obscure combination of fa'o or le'u, or when quoting rafsi. phma -- .i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do .ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga .icu'u la ma'atman.