Return-Path: X-Sender: a-rosta@alphaphe.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_1); 29 Apr 2002 22:17:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 9130 invoked from network); 29 Apr 2002 21:46:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 29 Apr 2002 21:46:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.alphaphe.net) (217.33.150.223) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Apr 2002 21:46:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 2135 invoked by uid 101); 29 Apr 2002 21:46:35 -0000 Received: from host62-7-158-185.webport.bt.net (HELO oemcomputer) (62.7.158.185) by smtp.alphaphe.net with SMTP; 29 Apr 2002 21:46:35 -0000 To: "lojban" Subject: RE: [lojban] What's the logic behind Lojban's sound system? Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 22:47:21 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <02042917013207.01998@neofelis> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-EDATA: smtp.alphaphe.net 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-AntiVirus: scanned for viruses by AlphaPhe.Net (www.alphaphe.net) From: "And Rosta" X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=110020381 X-Yahoo-Profile: andjamin X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 14172 Content-Length: 343 Lines: 12 Pierre: > The buffer vowel is something used by foreigners when pronouncing Lojban, That's rather misleading. The buffer vowel is an elidable vowel that occurs between consonants where there is no orthographic vowel. Individual speakers of Lojban differ in the extent to which they elide it; I on the whole try not to. --And.