From cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!LOJBAN Tue Feb 4 19:24:38 1992 Return-Path: Received: by snark.thyrsus.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.21.1 #21.19) id ; Tue, 4 Feb 92 19:24 EST Received: by cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (5.57/UUCP-Project/Commodore 2/8/91) id AA28939; Tue, 4 Feb 92 16:01:07 EST Received: from cunixf.cc.columbia.edu by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA11539; Tue, 4 Feb 92 14:23:36 -0500 Received: from cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu by cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (5.59/FCB) id AA03440; Tue, 4 Feb 92 14:23:32 EST Message-Id: <9202041923.AA03440@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.1) with BSMTP id 0233; Tue, 04 Feb 92 14:20:44 EST Received: by CUVMB (Mailer R2.07) id 7413; Tue, 04 Feb 92 14:18:14 EST Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1992 11:26:02 EST Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Subject: Re: Allophones of zero in Lojban X-To: Lojban List To: John Cowan , Eric Raymond , Eric Tiedemann In-Reply-To: <9202031955.AA17053@relay1.UU.NET>; from "Mark E. Shoulson" at Feb 3, 92 2:51 pm Status: RO la mark. clsn. cusku di'e > Ivan, you might be pleased to know that {.ymlatu} is, indeed a valid > equivalent to {mlatu}, but not because the initial {.y-} is thrown out. > Since it's between words, and preceded by a pause, it gets recognized as > the hesitation word {.y}, and thus ignored by the grammar. So *poof*, your > wish is granted! No such luck. The hesitation noise is ".y.", with pause before >and< after. The sequence /.ymlatu/ is a morphological error -- it doesn't break up, but it doesn't stick together either. -- cowan@snark.thyrsus.com ...!uunet!cbmvax!snark!cowan e'osai ko sarji la lojban