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*These are the ones that I usually use. | *These are the ones that I usually use. | ||
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|style="width: 7%; background-color: white;"|<nowiki>*{…}</nowiki> | |||
|used for incorrect Lojban text. | |||
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|<nowiki>?{…}</nowiki> | |||
|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). | |||
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|<nowiki>!{…}</nowiki> | |||
|used for text that parses, but has a surprising or wrong meaning (one not intended). | |||
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|<nowiki>[…]</nowiki> | |||
|used to indicate words (usually terminators or '''cu''') that can be included or omitted without changing the parse. | |||
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|<nowiki>-…-</nowiki> | |||
|used for quoting rafsi, like '''-mib-''', the rafsi for '''mi''' | |||
|- | |||
|<nowiki>"…"</nowiki> | |||
|used for quoting English. The ",", "?", and "!" modifiers can be applied if needed. | |||
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|<nowiki>⟨…⟩</nowiki> | |||
|used for quoting sequences of characters. {{mu||No, you couldn't use ⟨la⟩ in a cmevla pre-Dot Side.}} | |||
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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''. {{mu||cmevla can only† be used as names, but not all names are cmevla.}} | |||
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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''. {{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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"All‡" is '''su'oso'a'''. | |||
"All†" is '''so'a'''. | |||
For other [[loglang]]s: | For other [[loglang]]s: | ||
{|class='wikitable' | |||
<…> used to quote [[Loglan]] text. | |- | ||
~…~ used to quote [[gua\spi]] text. | |<nowiki><…></nowiki> | ||
\…\ used to quote [[toki pona]] text. | |used to quote [[Loglan]] text. | ||
|- | |||
|<nowiki>~…~</nowiki> | |||
|used to quote [[gua\spi]] text. | |||
|- | |||
|<nowiki>\…\</nowiki> | |||
|used to quote [[toki pona]] text. | |||
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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.
| |
† | used to qualify a statement, to mean This isn't actually true, but it's close enough for the current purposes.
| |
‡ | used for I don't know whether this is actually precisely true or not, but it's close enough for now.
|
"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. |