Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tE0x0-0000ZTC; Fri, 10 Nov 95 23:25 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id E82D189C ; Fri, 10 Nov 1995 22:25:30 +0100 Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 20:13:30 +0000 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re; Good Clarifying Question To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu Content-Length: 638 Lines: 18 lojbab: > Similarly, the most common cmavo are unlikely to be heard as > rafsi. When I hear "le,DU'u" in a speech stream, the rules of > stress automatically tell me that this is two cmavo, and "du'u" > is never taken as part of the lujvo that might follow. I'm skeptical that we hear the difference between "du'u" and "DU'u". Further, {du'u} can be stressed "du'U", in which case it will be ambiguous up to that point. > With the exception of "bau", I can't think of any common cmavo > which I have heard often in lujvo, and "bau" is one for which > there is no meaning ambiguity. Also {cai} and {rai}, which are like {bau}. --- And