Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tBKHw-0000ZSC; Fri, 3 Nov 95 13:28 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 46C7A271 ; Fri, 3 Nov 1995 12:28:00 +0100 Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 06:21:00 LCL Reply-To: BARRETO%VELAHF@ECCSA.TR.UNISYS.COM Sender: Lojban list From: Paulo Barreto Subject: Re: Phonology Paper Released X-To: lojban%cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu@TRSVR.UniGate1.Unisys.COM To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 633 Lines: 14 la xorxes. cusku di'e > Why does Lojban make [B] a variant of "v" rather than of "b"? > Is this rule inherited from Loglan? I definitely don't like it. I read somewhere that the russian cluster "KB" as in "MOCKBA" (sorry, no cyrillic fonts :-) sounds [kB]. Perhaps JCB (or someone else) was aware of this. (Perhaps also la kir. or someone else could tell us if that cluster does indeed sound this way.) ['SoTo 'miTE 'pawlos?] (just kidding...) Paulo S. L. M. Barreto -- Software Analyst -- Unisys Brazil Standard disclaimer applies ("I do not speak for Unisys", etc.) e'osai ko sarji la lojban.