Return-Path: X-Sender: a-rosta@alphaphe.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_1); 29 Apr 2002 21:38:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 97972 invoked from network); 29 Apr 2002 21:23:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 29 Apr 2002 21:23:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.alphaphe.net) (217.33.150.223) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Apr 2002 21:23:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 30364 invoked by uid 101); 29 Apr 2002 21:22:46 -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 21:22:46 -0000 To: Subject: RE: [lojban] What's the logic behind Lojban's sound system? Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 22:23:32 +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: 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: 14170 Content-Length: 432 Lines: 15 Craig: > >The phonology of /'/ and /@/, where /@/ = buffer vowel is so stupid > >-- so unlike anything in natlangs -- that it is simply indefensible. > > /@/ is NOT a buffer vowel, it is {y}. ? Lojban has seven vowels, /i/, /e/, /a/, /o/, /u/, /y/ and the buffer vowel, for which there is no agreed symbol. Since there is no agreed symbol, I arbitrarily chose /@/. There is nothing incorrect in any of this. --And.