[lojban-beginners] Re: double letters

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

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.

-Robin


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