From mark@kli.org Wed Aug 30 19:29:06 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19533 invoked from network); 31 Aug 2000 02:29:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m4.onelist.org with QMQP; 31 Aug 2000 02:29:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO pi.meson.org) (209.191.39.185) by mta1 with SMTP; 31 Aug 2000 02:29:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 9223 invoked by uid 1000); 31 Aug 2000 02:24:47 -0000 Date: 31 Aug 2000 02:24:47 -0000 Message-ID: <20000831022447.9222.qmail@pi.meson.org> To: lojban@egroups.com In-reply-to: <200008301911.PAA28561@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> (message from Robin Lee Powell on Wed, 30 Aug 2000 15:11:50 -0400) Subject: Re: [lojban] World-historical and religious figures in Lojban References: <200008301911.PAA28561@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> From: "Mark E. Shoulson" >cc: lojban@egroups.com >Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 15:11:50 -0400 >From: Robin Lee Powell > > >"Mark E. Shoulson" writes: > >>I've said it before: we should probably just do away with *all* the >>restrictions in cmene (except maybe for the illegal medials) at the cost of >>requiring a pause after la/lai/doi. > >I fully agree, but la'o works. But {la'o} adds at least 4 syllables to the name (two for {la'o} and at least two for the two instances of the guard word), plus 4 pauses (around the guard words). {la} adds one, and one pause. And if it added two pauses, it would actually be usable. ~mark