Re: [lojban] Re: Why capital letters standing in for letterals is a *bad* idea.

[lojban@raphael.poss.name (Raphaël Poss)]

Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> writes:

>> but if you use them in names only for the accented vowel then there
>> shouldn't be any conflict. 
>
> That's nice.

Just my 2¢ :   IIRC my phonetics  courses, when  you speak  the stress
appears  on  consonants,  not vowels. More  precisely,   the stress is
indicated by a louder  stream of air in  the mouth while the consonant
is pronounced,  usually by closing the  appropriate parts of the mouth
more firmly  or narrowing the  open parts. The difference of intensity
in the vocalisation  of  syllabes (the vowels)  during stress  is much
less noticeable.

This is why, IMHO, stress in Lojban should more logically be indicated
by capitalizing the consonants alone, not the vowels.

  mi DJica le nu Cilre la loJban.

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