From jjllambias@hotmail.com Sun Mar 18 21:14:05 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_4); 19 Mar 2001 05:14:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 4010 invoked from network); 19 Mar 2001 05:14:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 19 Mar 2001 05:14:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.199) by mta1 with SMTP; 19 Mar 2001 05:14:04 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 18 Mar 2001 21:14:03 -0800 Received: from 200.41.210.17 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 05:14:03 GMT X-Originating-IP: [200.41.210.17] To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] The Dvorak of Lojban? Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 05:14:03 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Mar 2001 05:14:03.0801 (UTC) FILETIME=[6A345890:01C0B033] From: "Jorge Llambias" la bret cusku di'e >OTOH, I see absolutely no reason to drop the full stops. I'm suspicious >that the people who do that aren't pronouncing them when they talk I think I'm just about the only one who drops them. Listen to my recording and tell me whether or not I'm pronouncing them! :) The reason I started dropping them is that at the time I found the rules for when they were needed too complicated, and then I just got used to it. One typical case where people who do use them forget to is here: >mi'e bret. It should be {mi'e .bret.} co'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.