From a.rosta@lycos.co.uk Sat Dec 07 18:22:29 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 07 Dec 2002 18:22:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from lmsmtp02.st1.spray.net ([212.78.202.112]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18Kr5N-0003GX-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 18:22:25 -0800 Received: from oemcomputer (host81-7-58-82.surfport24.v21.co.uk [81.7.58.82]) by lmsmtp02.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B74ED5B863 for ; Sun, 8 Dec 2002 03:21:53 +0100 (MET) From: "And Rosta" To: Subject: [lojban] Re: Aesthetics Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 02:24:06 -0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <20021207155437.I91480-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Importance: Normal X-archive-position: 3271 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: a.rosta@lycos.co.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list xod: > On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Craig wrote: > > > Because there is a greater phonic contrast between [T] and [f] or [s] than > > between [h] and [x], to me > > This is like a Japanese person saying insisting that r and l sound alike They do sound similar! > Meanwhile, Kemitic has ', [x], and two distinct sounds BETWEEN them! What is Kemitic, and where can I find info on its phonology? --And.