Re: [lojban-beginners] 'tesete' and cmavo cluster rules

[Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>]

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Miles Forster <m3o@plasmatix.com> wrote:

.ui does require the initial pause, there are no exceptions to the vowel initial is preceded by pause rule.

First of all, stop calling it a pause. Second of all, this is not an exception. A Lojban word may not begin in a vowel (spelling doesn't matter here). A word that would begin in a vowel needs a denpa bu before it. ui does not begin in a vowel. Therefore, no denpa bu is needed.

First of all, it /is/ a pause, so that's what I'm calling it. It is the textual representation of a mandatory pause in a Lojban speech stream.

I mean, seriously, why do you think the Lojban name of '.' is DENPA bu? "denpa bu" in English is "pause character".

-- 
mu'o mi'e .aionys.

.i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o
(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )

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