From xod@sixgirls.org Sun Mar 18 20:12:27 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@shiva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_4); 19 Mar 2001 04:12:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 72221 invoked from network); 19 Mar 2001 04:12:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 19 Mar 2001 04:12:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO shiva.sixgirls.org) (206.252.141.232) by mta3 with SMTP; 19 Mar 2001 05:13:31 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by shiva.sixgirls.org (8.11.0/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2J3nQJ10094 for ; Sun, 18 Mar 2001 22:49:26 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 22:49:26 -0500 (EST) To: Subject: Re: [lojban] The Dvorak of Lojban? In-Reply-To: <20010318231719.D3953@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 10:41:43PM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote: > > On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 10:43:08PM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote: > > > > On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > > >I use Dvorak, actually. It is almost certainly better for lojban > > > > >than > > > > >Qwerty is, although lojban has a _lot_ more stuff for the left hand > > > > >(vowels and ') to do without switching hands. > > > > > > > > {da'a slaka nenri tcana na.e}... especially {da'a} which requires > > > > three pinky > > > > strokes in a row. I move for exchanging {'} with {h}. > > > > > > I've been thinking about that. > > > > > > Question for the list as a whole: > > > > > > Would anyone be annoyed/find it confusing if some people used h instead > > > of ' in the same way that some people drop . in written lojban? > > > > > > > > I find both very irritating. > > Both h and ' or both (turning ' into h) and (dropping .)? Ha! Both deviations from the orthography used in the Book. ----- We do not like And if a cat those Rs and Ds, needed a hat? Who can't resist Free enterprise more subsidies. is there for that!