From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Fri Aug 29 17:35:26 2008 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:35:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KZER4-00088g-Hp for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:35:26 -0700 Received: from cpe-071-075-215-096.carolina.res.rr.com ([71.75.215.96] helo=ixazon.dynip.com) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KZER0-00087l-NC for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:35:26 -0700 Received: from chausie (chausie.ixazon.lan [192.168.7.4]) by ixazon.dynip.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B3AED1A68 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:35:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Pierre Abbat To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: 2 vowels I'm missing Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:35:12 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200808292035.13510.phma@phma.optus.nu> X-Spam-Score: 2.2 X-Spam-Score-Int: 22 X-Spam-Bar: ++ X-archive-position: 14688 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@phma.optus.nu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Friday 29 August 2008 18:20:35 Xitron wrote: > 2 vowels I'm missing > > Author: Xitron > > (:linux:) > 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? If so, what vowel sound is generally > substituted? Short i can be substituted with "i" or "e"; short a with "e" or "a". "a" is avoided in certain positions in names because of the no "la" rule, e.g. Lansing can't be "lansin", but can be "lensin". phma 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.