[lojban-beginners] Re: double letters

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Friday 13 July 2007 14:29, Jorge Llambías wrote:
> {uu} and {ii} are the only official words that contain double vowels,
> although the first of the pair can really be considered a semi-vowel
> or a semi-consonant. Those two pairs would be allowed in cmevla
> and fu'ivla too, although I don't remember any actual cases of usage.

I've seen the word for Albania spelled {ctiipyrias} or something like that.

> The status of aa, ee, and oo is not as yet settled. At least
> one proposal would not allow them, together with any other
> nucleus-nucleus clash such as ae, ao, ea, eo, oa, oe.

I consider all such pairs to be valid, and have coined a few words with them, 
such as {stagrleoxari} and {spatrleoxari} "water chestnut" and 
{koendu} "coendou" (a kind of porcupine).

phma