Subject: [lojban] Re: Quoting sounds

From: Pierre Abbat <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:15:48 +0100

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
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