Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:22:19 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Letter Frequency in lojban
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On Monday, August 25, 2014 3:53:12 PM UTC-4, TR NS wrote:
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>
> Vowels are auditorily more distinct than consonants, but are less stable 
>> diachronically. Having vowels as the frequentest phones strikes me as an 
>> optimal design feature for an engelang.
>>
> I disagree. When people make spelling mistakes it is almost always the 
> vowels they get wrong. And it is the vowels that tend to drift from dialect 
> to dialect. Nonetheless I think the vowel usage it Lojban is that abnormal.
>

Typo correction:  "I think the vowel usage in Lojban is not that abnormal."

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><br>On Monday, August 25, 2014 3:53:12 PM UTC-4, TR NS=
 wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: 0.=
8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><=
br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0;margin-left:0.=
8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p dir=3D"ltr">Vowels are auditorily more distinct than consonants, but are=
 less stable diachronically. Having vowels as the frequentest phones strike=
s me as an optimal design feature for an engelang.</p></blockquote><div>I d=
isagree. When people make spelling mistakes it is almost always the vowels =
they get wrong. And it is the vowels that tend to drift from dialect to dia=
lect. Nonetheless I think the vowel usage it Lojban is that abnormal.</div>=
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Typo correction: &nbsp;"I think the =
vowel usage in Lojban is not that abnormal."</div><div><br></div></div>

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