From phma@webjockey.net Fri Mar 28 11:28:51 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_5); 28 Mar 2003 19:28:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 57195 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2003 19:09:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Mar 2003 19:09:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Mar 2003 19:09:58 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18yzEj-00023b-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:09:57 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18yzEW-00022T-00; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:09:44 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:09:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from 208-150-110-21-adsl.precisionet.net ([208.150.110.21] helo=blackcat.ixazon.lan) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18yzEE-0001zG-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:09:26 -0800 Received: by blackcat.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 487513696; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 19:09:31 +0000 (UTC) Organization: dis To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Alice proofreading Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 14:09:30 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20030327182447.GD9604@digitalkingdom.org> <20030328180525.GO16560@digitalkingdom.org> In-Reply-To: <20030328180525.GO16560@digitalkingdom.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200303281409.30457.phma@webjockey.net> X-archive-position: 4677 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 Friday 28 March 2003 13:05, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 09:57:01PM -0500, Craig wrote: > > Classical Latin would have "kErasus" if it is a short a and > > "kerAsus" if it is a long a. > > OK, then why are people using ceraso in lojban instead of keraso? According to the rules for Lojbanizing Latin words given in chapter 4, 'c' is changed to 'k' before a back vowel. Before a front vowel, it is left alone. phma -- .i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do .ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga .icu'u la ma'atman.