From sentto-44114-22121-1083569057-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Mon May 03 00:24:57 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 03 May 2004 00:24:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n9.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.93]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.31) id 1BKXom-0003Ko-Hy for lojban-in@lojban.org; Mon, 03 May 2004 00:24:48 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-22121-1083569057-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.31] by n9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 May 2004 07:24:18 -0000 X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 96253 invoked from network); 3 May 2004 07:24:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m25.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 3 May 2004 07:24:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lakermmtao02.cox.net) (68.230.240.37) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 May 2004 07:24:16 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org ([68.228.12.146]) by lakermmtao02.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02 201-2131-111-104-20040324) with ESMTP id <20040503071616.LBTA21610.lakermmtao02.cox.net@bob.lojban.org> for ; Mon, 3 May 2004 03:16:16 -0400 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20040503031543.0306ebd0@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: lojbab@pop.east.cox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <20040501141251.59007.qmail@web41905.mail.yahoo.com> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20040501073407.03b98d90@pop.east.cox.net> X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 68.230.240.37 From: Bob LeChevalier X-Yahoo-Profile: lojbab MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 03:16:10 -0400 Subject: [lojban] Re: Why capital letters standing in for letterals is a *bad* idea. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-archive-position: 7629 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: lojbab@lojban.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list At 07:12 AM 5/1/04 -0700, Jorge "Llambías" wrote: > > >Is there any way to represent a triphthong, or is {uau} necessarily > > >two syllables, either /ua,u/ or /u,au/? > > > > In Lojban, vowel groups pair from the left if possible, unless there is a > > close-comma. So "uau" is "ua,u". However, I believe that later decision > > when we tried to write the morphology algorithm said that use of > > close-commas do not create a minimal pair, so "ua,u" and "u,au" are the > > same word. > >So pronouncing {uau} as a single syllable is in theory not >allowed, right? In theory. -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, Founder, The Logical Language Group (Opinions are my own; I do not speak for the organization.) Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/GSaulB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lojban/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lojban-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/