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From: Alexander Kozhevnikov <alexkoz@gmail.com>
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On Sat, 20 Sep 2014, Spacenut wrote:
> 
> 
> On Saturday, September 20, 2014 6:02:18 PM UTC-4, Alexander Kozhevnikov
> wrote:
>       .a,lekSANdr.koJEVni,kov.
> 
> 
> My question is, why do you need commas in those places? Commas only
> separate vowels that you don't want to run into a dipthong (".ie" versus
> ".i,e" for example).

To be honest I am a complete lojban newb: my understanding was that commas 
were in the more general sense separators of syllables, where it was not 
otherwise apparent/proscribed by the language rules that that is where the 
syllable boundary was. I do not however know what, if any, syllable 
boundaries are default/implied for cmevla in the abscence of other 
indicators of where the syllables end/start, and haven't had the time to 
look around to find where if anywhere that is specified. I imagine 
somewhere in the CLL, but it's a big book and I haven't had the time to 
thoroughly read more than the first couple of chapters.

ni'o Many thanks to that other discussion thread for clarifying the 
difference between cmene and cmevla by the way, I was completely oblivious 
to it.

no'i So I just play it safe and put commas in to make it clear where the 
syllables start/end. Is any of the aforementioned understanding wrong?

ni'o Perhaps the issue is in how I think about language/speech? It seemed 
to me fairly intuitive that there is a difference between for example 
"a,lekSANdr" versus "al,ekSANdr". But, thinking about it now, I am 
hardpressed to think of what the phonetic distinction would be between the 
two in casual speech. So am I wrong in thinking that it even makes sense 
to think of the two as in any way different?

Thank you and regards,
mi'e .a,lekSANdr.koJEVni,kov.

P.S. On the subject of my lojbanized name, I am also still hazy on when to 
or not to put starting/terminating periods and when to precede with a 
'la', so my apologies for any omissions or redundancies on that front.

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