Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tFRKR-0000ZTC; Tue, 14 Nov 95 21:47 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id E3DEC687 ; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 20:47:35 +0100 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 14:49:14 -0500 Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Subject: Re: TECH: Pitch Accent X-To: Lojban List To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: <199511141843.NAA20913@locke.ccil.org> from "ucleaar" at Nov 14, 95 06:21:40 pm Content-Length: 624 Lines: 16 la .and. cusku di'e > I'm not sure [pitch accent]'s a good idea though. It's okay for people who are > happy with stress, since I, at least, hear the accented syllable in > Japanese and in Serbo-Croat as stressed. But how would a pitch- > accent lojbanist cope with someone who says selBRIdi amphibrachically > stresswise, but with hi-lo-hi pitch? There could be all sorts of > confusion. > > We should be careful to consider things from the hearer's perspective. Agreed. I'm prepared to declare the idea dead. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.