[lojban] Re: required commas (was Re: Stress of cmene)

[Pierre Abbat <phma@webjockey.net>]

On Sunday 04 May 2003 12:30, Lionel Vidal wrote:
> Well, my mistake. You are quite right of course, and although I was less
> than half serious in my first paragraph, I should not have drawn
> non-sensical conclusions for the pleasure of a bad joke. (And anyway
> I did realise too late it was non-sensical).
>
> I still think my proposals for default stress on cmene is a good
> solution though.
> And I still think that two cmenes should not be considered different if
> they differ
> only in stress.

I see two possibilities:
1. Two cmene differing only in stress are the same. Commas are ignored.
2. Two cmene differing only in stress are different. Commas are ignored unless 
they change the syllabication of vowels.
The problem with 2 is that syllabication of vowels can be changed without 
changing the sound of the word, e.g. {malau,is} vs. {mala,uis}.

As to the ,=' rule, I think it's a mistake. Apostrophes are always 
distinctive, whereas commas are not. {malauis} = {malau,is} <> {malau'is}.

phma