From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Fri Aug 29 15:38:06 2008 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:38:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KZCbW-0006sA-S0 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:38:06 -0700 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KZCbW-0006s3-Q7 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:38:06 -0700 Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:38:06 -0700 From: Robin Lee Powell To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: 2 vowels I'm missing Message-ID: <20080829223806.GA25220@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-archive-position: 14680 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 Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 03:20:35PM -0700, Xitron wrote: > > 2 vowels I'm missing > > I'm a beginner, and am seeking info I've not found in the documentation I've read thus far. > > The sound for the short 'i', such as in 'hick' > > The sound for the short 'a', such as in 'hat' > > Have those been discarded entirely? Yes. > If so, what vowel sound is generally substituted? Lojban e and a, respectively. -Robin -- Lojban Reason #17: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/ http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.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.