From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Mon Nov 13 09:12:27 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:12:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GjfLo-0002RI-H8 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:12:04 -0800 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GjfLo-0002RB-8Z for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:12:04 -0800 Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:12:04 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: "la" rule Message-ID: <20061113171203.GD24729@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <325816428.20061113190842@mail.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <325816428.20061113190842@mail.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 13092 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 07:08:42PM +0600, Yanis Batura wrote: > On 13.11.2006, 18:47, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote: > > I would recommend a simple yet easy to learn solution that won't > distort the design of the language: saying {lua} for any > occurrence of {la} in cmene, {luai} for {lai} and {duoi} for > {doi}. That assumes people are capable of noticing the presence of those syllables, when clearly we're not. > For me, the possibility of saying a consonant-starting cmene after > {la} without glottal stop overweighs all disadvantages of the > rule. The matter of taste, of course. Indeed; I think that's totally insane. :-) -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.