[lojban] Re: "la" rule

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 06:54:46AM +0600, Yanis Batura wrote:
> On 13.11.2006, 23:12, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 07:08:42PM +0600, Yanis Batura wrote:
> >> On 13.11.2006, 18:47, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote:
> >> 
> >> I would recommend a simple yet easy to learn solution that
> >> won't distort the design of the language: saying {lua} for any
> >> occurrence of {la} in cmene, {luai} for {lai} and {duoi} for
> >> {doi}.
> 
> > That assumes people are capable of noticing the presence of
> > those syllables, when clearly we're not.
> 
> Interesting. Will you generalize to the point that humans cannot
> detect *any* given syllables in a stream of words they're just
> going to pronounce, even after a training? Do you think there is a
> technical limitation of human brains causing this?

No, and no.  I suspect that it might be *possible* to train human
brains to do the right thing here, but then it's possible to train
people to scream in terror every time you say "blue", if you try
hard enough.

I simply assert that it has shown to be so incredibly hard as to be
not worth our trouble.  That is, it appears to be untrainable in
practical terms.

-Robin

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