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[2a00:1450:4010:c04::232]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id mu9si532021lbc.0.2014.12.13.17.52.38 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:52:38 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of and.rosta@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:4010:c04::232 as permitted sender) client-ip=2a00:1450:4010:c04::232; Received: by mail-lb0-f178.google.com with SMTP id f15so8530684lbj.9 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:52:38 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.87.100 with SMTP id w4mr23117414laz.71.1418521958427; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:52:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.70.212 with HTTP; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:52:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.70.212 with HTTP; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:52:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <14FDADF47D7841A39D612894E81CC89B@gmail.com> References: <5444FEBF.10200@gmx.de> <544507CD.9050608@gmail.com> <20141021000349.GM14499@mercury.ccil.org> <54461EDB.70808@gmail.com> <54490F94.60609@lojban.org> <27825508-120d-421d-beb7-498fa858f673@googlegroups.com> <548AC3CB.7090403@gmx.de> <580B9AB84B34485AB4139B921C46CF42@gmail.com> <3ED463A548E74A53BD8F2ECEF0C620F8@gmail.com> <14FDADF47D7841A39D612894E81CC89B@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:52:38 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [bpfk] official cmavo form From: And Rosta To: bpfk-list@googlegroups.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c365ae703168050a236186 X-Original-Sender: and.rosta@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of and.rosta@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:4010:c04::232 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=and.rosta@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com; dmarc=pass (p=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=gmail.com Reply-To: bpfk-list@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list bpfk-list@googlegroups.com; contact bpfk-list+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 972099695765 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: , List-Unsubscribe: , X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_bar: - Content-Length: 3563 --001a11c365ae703168050a236186 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 12 Dec 2014 23:27, "Alex Burka" wrote: > > I just realized you were probably using square brackets for IPA. So if I understand correctly (relying on a Wikipedia chart here) [tuwitsku] would be {tu uitsku}, gliding from the [u] to the [i], and [tu=CA=94itsku] is {tu .itsku} with a pause/glottal stop in between. As I understand it Lojban is of the opinion that [tuitsku] is indistinguishable from [tuwitsku]. > > However, the debated ?{tuitsku} is pronounced [twitsku]. [w] is merely a necessarily-short subvariety of [u], and Lojban should not be making phonological contrasts based on segment duration, because such contrasts are not phonetically robust. That is, it's a bad idea for [tuitsku] to be ambiguous between /tu witsku/ and /twitsku/, and that ambiguity should be remedied and nullified by forbidding one of them. My choice would be to forbid word-initial /w, y/, but since that's not an option under consideration, it must be /twitsku/ that is declared illicit. And --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= BPFK" group. 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On 12 Dec 2014 23:27, "Alex Burka" <aburka@seas.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> I just realized you were probably using square brackets for IPA. So if= I understand correctly (relying on a Wikipedia chart here) [tuwitsku] woul= d be {tu uitsku}, gliding from the [u] to the [i], and [tu=CA=94itsku] is {= tu .itsku} with a pause/glottal stop in between. As I understand it Lojban = is of the opinion that [tuitsku] is indistinguishable from [tuwitsku].
>
> However, the debated ?{tuitsku} is pronounced [twitsku].

[w] is merely a necessarily-short subvariety of [u], and Loj= ban should not be making phonological contrasts based on segment duration, = because such contrasts are not phonetically robust. That is, it's a bad= idea for [tuitsku] to be ambiguous between /tu witsku/ and /twitsku/, and = that ambiguity should be remedied and nullified by forbidding one of them. = My choice would be to forbid word-initial /w, y/, but since that's not = an option under consideration, it must be /twitsku/ that is declared illici= t.

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