The "steloj" [sic] system.

Thread View: alt.uu.lang.esperanto.misc

2 messages

[T] Back to Threads [V] Tree View [G] Group Articles

2 total messages Started by Bryan J. Maloney Tue, 11 Aug 1992 03:11

Author: Bryan J. Maloney
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 03:11

19 lines
1425 bytes


To be blunt, I don't like the proposed "steloj" (hope I have it spelled
correctly) system for representing Esperanto.  To be blunt, it is quite
difficult to handle were I to wish to read the text in ASCII.  I often
do not have access to anything other than an ASCII terminal, and I tend
to speed-read after I gain more than the most basic proficiency, only 
stopping for unfamiliar words (but I usually try to go for contextual cues
first rather than stop).

Therefore, a system which depended upon switching cases could easily cause
me problems.  However, the insertion of an "x" or "X" character causes me
no such problems, since it maps one to one with a particular sound.

I would also like to point out that the use of letter case to indicate 
whether or not the letter is circumflexed or breved tends to violate the
spirit of Esperanto's orthography, which insists upon phonemic uniqueness
for each character.  Of course, in ASCII, this is not possible, but "cx"
is far more unique than is "C" (or is it "c"?).

Re: The "steloj" [sic] system.

Author: Kevin Walsh
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 17:54

27 lines
1626 bytes

In article <56513@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> jacobus@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Bryan J. Maloney) writes:
>
>To be blunt, I don't like the proposed "steloj" 

	Nu, nek mi--sed estas nur mian preferon kaj ne logxika afero.  

	Well, neither do I--but it is just my personal preference and 
	not a logical thing.
...
>Of course, in ASCII, this is not possible, but "cx"
>is far more unique than is "C" (or is it "c"?).

	Kaj estas la tradicia sistemo kiu uzas "h"--tiel ch, jh, sh, ktp.
	Sed la "h" sistemo havas siajn problemojn se oni bezonas ordigi 
	liston lau alfabeto.  Versxajne ne gravas kiun sistemon oni uzas.   
	Mi povas kompreni la x, h, ^, au ~ sistemoj, kaj programoj facile 
	povas simule fari. 

	And there is the traditional system that uses "h"--thus, ch, jh,
	sh, etc.  But the "h" system has its own problems if you need to 
	alphabetize a list.  Perhaps it does not matter which system you
	use.  I can understand the x, h, ^, or ~ systems, and programs can
	easily do the same.
--
------
"I've always thought of Boston traffic as Brownian motion with
evil intent."  -- Don Coolidge coolidge@speaker.sgi.com

Thread Navigation

This is a paginated view of messages in the thread with full content displayed inline.

Messages are displayed in chronological order, with the original post highlighted in green.

Use pagination controls to navigate through all messages in large threads.

Back to All Threads