Re: [lojban] Re: citri lo glibau

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.hn.org>]

On Friday 28 October 2005 17:29, Jorge Llambías wrote:
> Yes. The comma is already optional though. No two words can differ
> by a comma. The comma can at most indicate a preferred
> pronounciation, but a word with or without the comma is
> the same word. At least that's the official rule. This causes
> some problems though: Is {stra,i} a valid fu'ivla, for instance?

I say {stra,i} is not a valid fu'ivla, but {stra,e} is, because {stra,i} is 
the same as {strai} which is one syllable, but {strae} has to be pronounced 
with at least two syllables.

I think that strings of three vowels, two adjacent of which are {ii} or {uu}, 
should be disallowed in brivla, but now that I've seen {BEouulf}, I think 
this should not apply to cmene.

phma