Received: from mail-wg0-f63.google.com ([74.125.82.63]:33469) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1Y05xk-0004x7-84; Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:59:45 -0800 Received: by mail-wg0-f63.google.com with SMTP id b13sf825989wgh.28 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:59:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=20120806; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results :reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help :list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe; bh=vBPCE2eUc/GFDLkJjCi9otJf/96SiMUew+eWszlSgdI=; b=eVxs4Sh6KgtrPbRGLu2OK1Ngn9rgXpqIvs4sYYPTCkj61dYs2RikXFO5tfEWLdugbp JpYyGKJLFpa0xX7A2hVOLrTGzP1j4/mHXg5hNM0NwA4h2GyfuQEHh4Lo1EtC7DBH+B00 jQnYkQkP7aSKEbtJK7uY9Wvvd2OVoccUApaJD1T9pBFUGKoWpLfWZYV0uoaxWLtMRFc3 IOJNnPmzYKUNGBEPVeFg+mj5iHd5Mrhn/q6s+lLNqjYmsaVttLMZFrRBp2U9zXwiBL99 Od64Jgco18hC5DqgUbBQHi4j3B2nVUUibjgIxbbLjApM2yGw9vw1hh1U+cnijxTqVCMz LDVw== X-Received: by 10.180.187.111 with SMTP id fr15mr78316wic.9.1418551170559; Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:59:30 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: bpfk-list@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.180.8.71 with SMTP id p7ls172250wia.29.canary; Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:59:30 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.180.189.116 with SMTP id gh20mr1984986wic.2.1418551170258; Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:59:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-la0-x22f.google.com (mail-la0-x22f.google.com. [2a00:1450:4010:c03::22f]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id oi7si567640lbb.1.2014.12.14.01.59.30 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:59:30 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of and.rosta@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:4010:c03::22f as permitted sender) client-ip=2a00:1450:4010:c03::22f; Received: by mail-la0-f47.google.com with SMTP id hz20so7918456lab.6 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:59:30 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.135.229 with SMTP id pv5mr24559979lbb.52.1418551170124; Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:59:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.70.212 with HTTP; Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:59:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.70.212 with HTTP; Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:59:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20141214025736.GB19927@mercury.ccil.org> References: <548AC3CB.7090403@gmx.de> <580B9AB84B34485AB4139B921C46CF42@gmail.com> <3ED463A548E74A53BD8F2ECEF0C620F8@gmail.com> <14FDADF47D7841A39D612894E81CC89B@gmail.com> <20141214025736.GB19927@mercury.ccil.org> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 09:59:29 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [bpfk] official cmavo form From: And Rosta To: bpfk-list@googlegroups.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0122930a97533e050a2a2e98 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:c03::22f 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: 3681 --089e0122930a97533e050a2a2e98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 14 Dec 2014 02:57, "John Cowan" wrote: > > And Rosta scripsit: > > 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. > > The current prescription forbids both of them: "tuitsku" has the illicit > CgV form, and "tu uitsku" has be [tu?witsku]. I'm good with this. > Lojban's phonotactics are as arbitrary as every other feature of the > language, and I see no need to liberalize them. Is "tuuitsku" (one word) also illicit? If not, then [tuitsku] is "tuuitsku" (and *tuitsku is rightly illicit, if putatively distinct from "tuuitsku"). Otherwise, the failure of [tuitsku] to realize any word constitutes an arbitrary prohibition, and it is in the nature of arbitrary prohibitions that there is a need to liberalize them. (Not necessarily an irresistible need: conservatism may resist it, due to feeling that the cost of change outweighs the benefit of liberalization.) --And. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BPFK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bpfk-list+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to bpfk-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bpfk-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. --089e0122930a97533e050a2a2e98 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On 14 Dec 2014 02:57, "John Cowan" <cowan@mercury.ccil.org> wrote:
>
> And Rosta scripsit:
> > 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 t= hem.
>
> The current prescription forbids both of them:=C2=A0 "tuitsku&quo= t; has the illicit
> CgV form, and "tu uitsku" has be [tu?witsku].=C2=A0 I'm = good with this.
> Lojban's phonotactics are as arbitrary as every other feature of t= he
> language, and I see no need to liberalize them.

Is "tuuitsku" (one word) also illicit? If not, the= n [tuitsku] is "tuuitsku" (and *tuitsku is rightly illicit, if pu= tatively distinct from "tuuitsku"). Otherwise, the failure of [tu= itsku] to realize any word constitutes an arbitrary prohibition, and it is = in the nature of arbitrary prohibitions that there is a need to liberalize = them. (Not necessarily an irresistible need: conservatism may resist it, du= e to feeling that the cost of change outweighs the benefit of liberalizatio= n.)

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