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|<nowiki>[…]</nowiki> | |<nowiki>[…]</nowiki> | ||
|used to indicate words (usually terminators or | |used to indicate words (usually terminators or '''cu''') that can be included or omitted without changing the parse. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|<nowiki>-…-</nowiki> | |<nowiki>-…-</nowiki> | ||
|used for quoting rafsi, like -mib-, the rafsi for | |used for quoting rafsi, like '''-mib-''', the rafsi for '''mi''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|<nowiki>"…"</nowiki> | |<nowiki>"…"</nowiki> | ||
|used for quoting English. The , ?, and ! modifiers can be applied if needed. | |used for quoting English. The ",", "?", and "!" modifiers can be applied if needed. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|<nowiki>⟨…⟩</nowiki> | |<nowiki>⟨…⟩</nowiki> | ||
|used for quoting sequences of characters. | |used for quoting sequences of characters. {{mu||No, you couldn't use ⟨la⟩ in a cmevla pre-Dot Side.}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
|† | |† | ||
|used to qualify a statement, to mean | |used to qualify a statement, to mean ''This isn't actually true, but it's close enough for the current purposes''. {{mu||cmevla can only† be used as names, but not all names are cmevla.}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
|‡ | |‡ | ||
|used for | |used for ''I don't know whether this is actually precisely true or not, but it's close enough for now''. {{mu||You use ZOI, then any‡ Lojban word as a delimiter… (Really? What about '''bu'''? What about '''si'''? What about '''fa'o'''?)}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:03, 25 November 2014
Some conventions used when talking about Lojban in English, for instance on IRC or in mailing lists. <tab class="wikitable"> {…} used to quote Lojban text. Alternatively Lojban text is written in bold. </tab>
- These are the ones that I usually use.
*{…} | used for incorrect Lojban text. | |
?{…} | used for questionable text (either a subject of debate, or to quote without asserting correctness, for instance, asking a student what, if anything, the text would mean). | |
!{…} | used for text that parses, but has a surprising or wrong meaning (one not intended). | |
[…] | used to indicate words (usually terminators or cu) that can be included or omitted without changing the parse. | |
-…- | used for quoting rafsi, like -mib-, the rafsi for mi | |
"…" | used for quoting English. The ",", "?", and "!" modifiers can be applied if needed. | |
⟨…⟩ | used for quoting sequences of characters.
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† | used to qualify a statement, to mean This isn't actually true, but it's close enough for the current purposes.
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‡ | used for I don't know whether this is actually precisely true or not, but it's close enough for now.
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"All‡" is su'oso'a.
"All†" is so'a.
For other loglangs:
<…> | used to quote Loglan text. |
~…~ | used to quote gua\spi text. |
\…\ | used to quote toki pona text. |