X-Digest-Num: 126 Message-ID: <44114.126.732.959273824@eGroups.com> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 12:40:24 -0600 From: trevor hill Subject: Re: pervasive 'y's... X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 732 Content-Length: 578 Lines: 17 That's a great idea... I think in those lujvo are composed of all full forms (i.e. xrisylojbo) the 'y' could be kept, but in all others just make them optional... :) The other thing i don't really like about them, is that 'y' sounds a lot like 'a' or 'e' when you say it fast, even if you're not doing the american thing, so it's really hard to tell whether someone said 'ckule nixli' or 'ckulynixli', which probably wouldn't, but might have slightly different meanings.... oh well. ;) pronounce those vowels clearly, man... :) bavpe'i... mi'e trevyr.