Received: from VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (vms.dc.lsoft.com [205.186.43.2]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id AAA14726 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 1995 00:41:46 -0500 Message-Id: <199511110541.AAA14726@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (205.186.43.4) by VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 5784928D ; Sat, 11 Nov 1995 1:34:44 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 22:03:37 -0700 Reply-To: Chris Bogart Sender: Lojban list From: Chris Bogart Subject: Re: buffer vowel X-To: lojban@cuvmb.bitnet To: John Cowan Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Sat Nov 11 00:41:48 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU >But if neither strategy can be made to work, then we just have to choke >down buffering as a known flaw in the language. Why do we allow for buffering in the first place? Certainly there are other places we allow Lojban to throw difficult things at people (using both L and R, J and DJ, C and TC and S, h and X...) A language that really tried for universally easy phonology would be better off borrowing from Hawai'ian or something. ____ Chris Bogart \ / http://www.quetzal.com Boulder, CO \/ cbogart@quetzal.com