Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by nfs1.digex.net with SMTP id AA13228 (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Mon, 1 Aug 1994 21:48:55 -0400 Message-Id: <199408020148.AA13228@nfs1.digex.net> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 1499; Mon, 01 Aug 94 21:50:29 EDT Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 1616; Mon, 1 Aug 1994 21:50:29 -0400 Date: Mon, 1 Aug 1994 21:48:21 -0400 Reply-To: "Mark E. Shoulson" Sender: Lojban list From: "Mark E. Shoulson" Subject: The Fifty United States, etc. X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Bob LeChevalier In-Reply-To: Logical Language Group's message of Mon, 1 Aug 1994 11:05:26 -0400 <199408011505.LAA06992@sirius.ctr.columbia.edu> Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Mon Aug 1 21:49:00 1994 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU la djan. cusku di'e >Date: Mon, 1 Aug 1994 11:05:26 -0400 >From: Logical Language Group >la mark. clsn. cusku di'e >> >> south dakota sautdakotas >> > sautdykotas. >> >> This isn't it, but is "td" *really* a legal medial? >No, of course not. Whew. I was worried I'd really lost it. But a thought occurred to me: why are we transliterating "th" as "t"? Honestly, "f" sounds lots closer to my ear. Ask any 3-year-old who's still working on English phonology, and you'll hear stuff like "norf" and "souf". Ditto with "v" for the voiced th. Has this been considered any? Just a thought. >-- >John Cowan sharing account for now > e'osai ko sarji la lojban. ~mark