From lojban-out@lojban.org Mon Mar 24 11:24:07 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_5); 24 Mar 2003 19:24:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 59637 invoked from network); 24 Mar 2003 19:24:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m14.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 24 Mar 2003 19:24:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Mar 2003 19:24:07 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18xXYF-0004Iw-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:24:07 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18xXXb-0004IT-00; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:23:27 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:23:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from pacific-carrier-annex.mit.edu ([18.7.21.83]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18xXXS-0004IK-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:23:18 -0800 Received: from grand-central-station.mit.edu (GRAND-CENTRAL-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.82]) by pacific-carrier-annex.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.9.2) with ESMTP id h2OJNAPa004780 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:23:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (MELBOURNE-CITY-STREET.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.86]) by grand-central-station.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id OAA20964 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:18:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from torg.mit.edu (TORG.MIT.EDU [18.243.1.228]) ) by melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h2OJ6R0x005138 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:06:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from rob by torg.mit.edu with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18xXH7-0003QE-00 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:06:25 -0500 Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:06:25 -0500 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: farna torbasti Message-ID: <20030324190625.GB13084@mit.edu> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <200303240916.53122.phma@webjockey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200303240916.53122.phma@webjockey.net> X-Is-It-Not-Nifty: www.sluggy.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-archive-position: 4597 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rspeer@MIT.EDU Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Rob Speer From: Rob Speer Reply-To: rspeer@MIT.EDU X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 09:16:53AM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote: > One of the chapters of the refgram has a compass with the letters BSSS. > Obviously, this would be confusing if directions were abbreviated with them > (SSSS could be any of eight different directions). The obvious change to make > is to use N for south, but what letters should be used to distinguish east > and west? D and V. In other words, use the first letters of the cmavo be'a, du'a, ne'u, vu'a instead of the gismu. -- Rob Speer