From a.rosta@lycos.co.uk Fri Jan 24 12:47:09 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: a.rosta@lycos.co.uk X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 24 Jan 2003 20:47:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 32743 invoked from network); 24 Jan 2003 20:47:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 24 Jan 2003 20:47:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lmsmtp02.st1.spray.net) (212.78.202.112) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Jan 2003 20:47:08 -0000 Received: from oemcomputer (host81-7-56-129.surfport24.v21.co.uk [81.7.56.129]) by lmsmtp02.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E746C5B686 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 21:47:06 +0100 (MET) To: "Lojban List" Subject: RE: [lojban] Re: valfendi algorithm Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 20:47:04 -0000 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: <200301241726.MAA24072@mail2.reutershealth.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 From: "And Rosta" X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=122260811 X-Yahoo-Profile: andjamin X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 18355 John: > And Rosta scripsit: > > > > cmegadri as a cmene, including such unpronounceable messes as > {mzantcesg}. > > > > That isn't unpronounceable. In Lojban phonology it is /mwzanwtwceswgw.w/, > > where /w/ is the buffer vowel that is elidable between certain consonants > > Well, no. No Lojban word, name or not, may contain /mz/ or /sg/; they > violate the phonotactic rules, buffer vowel or not I don't see that as a pronounceability issue, though. It's more like English restrictions against CrVr & VVN (N = ng, VV = double vowel) -- they're pronounceable but still prohibited. --And.