[lojban-beginners] Re: Lojban forms of names

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 1:08 PM, tijlan <picos.picos@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I suppose that is because {-} isn't counted as a consonant equal to
> {s} in the first place. What if the parser is designed so that it
> treats {-} just like {s}?

Each consonant is treated (slightly) different, so "just like s" would
limit it to "s". It could treat it more or less like a new consonant.
One context where this could be a problem is with the word used as
zoi-delimiter. zoi (word) .... (word). Since {saras} and {sarat} are
two different words, using {sara-} as an ambiguous notation that could
stand for either can be a problem. The different allophones of "r" are
not really a comparable situation, because "r" is just one phoneme, no
matter which allophone you use to realize it. But different consonants
at the end of a name result in different names.

mu'o mi'e xorxes