[lojban-beginners] Re: double letters

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 12:06:55PM -0500, Adam D. Lopresto wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 06:08:51PM +0200, m.kornig@sondal.net wrote:
> > > I can't think of a Lojban word featuring neither consonant
> > > doubling nor vowel doubling. Can you?
> > > 
> > > Is there an explicit rule about doubling of letters?
> > 
> > Yes: don't.  Ever.  Even in borrowings.  Of course, you can do
> > whatever you want inside la'o/zoi quotes, including bird calls,
> > doubled letters, and fart noises.
> 
> .ii .uu nai dai

Erm.  Sorry; doubled consonants.  Doubled vowels are, clearly,
allowed, but only in special situations.

-Robin

-- 
http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/
Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!"
Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/