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Re: [lojban] Re: Question about Lojbanized Name in Unix/Linux
On Sat, 20 Sep 2014, Spacenut wrote:
On Saturday, September 20, 2014 6:02:18 PM UTC-4, Alexander Kozhevnikov
wrote:
.a,lekSANdr.koJEVni,kov.
My question is, why do you need commas in those places? Commas only
separate vowels that you don't want to run into a dipthong (".ie" versus
".i,e" for example).
To be honest I am a complete lojban newb: my understanding was that commas
were in the more general sense separators of syllables, where it was not
otherwise apparent/proscribed by the language rules that that is where the
syllable boundary was. I do not however know what, if any, syllable
boundaries are default/implied for cmevla in the abscence of other
indicators of where the syllables end/start, and haven't had the time to
look around to find where if anywhere that is specified. I imagine
somewhere in the CLL, but it's a big book and I haven't had the time to
thoroughly read more than the first couple of chapters.
ni'o Many thanks to that other discussion thread for clarifying the
difference between cmene and cmevla by the way, I was completely oblivious
to it.
no'i So I just play it safe and put commas in to make it clear where the
syllables start/end. Is any of the aforementioned understanding wrong?
ni'o Perhaps the issue is in how I think about language/speech? It seemed
to me fairly intuitive that there is a difference between for example
"a,lekSANdr" versus "al,ekSANdr". But, thinking about it now, I am
hardpressed to think of what the phonetic distinction would be between the
two in casual speech. So am I wrong in thinking that it even makes sense
to think of the two as in any way different?
Thank you and regards,
mi'e .a,lekSANdr.koJEVni,kov.
P.S. On the subject of my lojbanized name, I am also still hazy on when to
or not to put starting/terminating periods and when to precede with a
'la', so my apologies for any omissions or redundancies on that front.
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