Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tHu9A-0000ZUC; Tue, 21 Nov 95 16:58 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 9D11DC3B ; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 15:58:07 +0100 Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 07:02:55 -0500 Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: buffering X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 290 Lines: 9 Cowan: >Vowel buffering, OTOH, is supposed to be for the speaker's benefit, >which is naljbo at best. I don't see this. The phonology is largely designed to make it easy for speakers not to make errors. It is morphology and grammar and semantics that are more listener oriented. lojbab