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Subject: Questions about ' and y
From: Collin Damskov <collin.damskov@gmail.com>
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Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 23:30:59 -0500
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Logical Language Group,

     I do have the knowledge that ' makes the English h sound, and it is not=
 permitted at the beginning or end of a word in Lojban, but I have a questio=
n.  I know that the sound of ' wouldn't work well at the end of a word, but w=
hy not the beginning?  I understand it would look weird, but why was the sou=
nd itself not allowed at the beginning?  If no words end in it, there would b=
e no confusion as to how words flow.  I am simply curious as to why the deci=
sion was made.
     As for the letter y, how commonly used is it?  I see it in the names of=
 letters, but I do not see it in many words.  The indicators may have them, b=
ut what made having it so necessary?

Thank you for your time.

-Collin Damskov=