From lojban-out@lojban.org Thu Jan 02 18:33:29 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 3 Jan 2003 02:33:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 36343 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2003 02:33:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 3 Jan 2003 02:33:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Jan 2003 02:33:29 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18UHeL-0000NQ-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 02 Jan 2003 18:33:29 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18UHeF-0000N7-00; Thu, 02 Jan 2003 18:33:24 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 02 Jan 2003 18:33:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.intrex.net ([209.42.192.250]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18UHe9-0000My-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 02 Jan 2003 18:33:17 -0800 Received: from Craig [209.42.200.67] by smtp.intrex.net (SMTPD32-5.05) id A65064750082; Thu, 02 Jan 2003 21:32:48 -0500 To: Subject: [lojban] Re: Can a fu'ivla begin with five or more consonants? Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 19:18:11 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 In-Reply-To: <200301021845.51935.phma@webjockey.net> Importance: Normal X-Declude-Sender: raganok@intrex.net [209.42.200.67] X-Note: Total weight is 0. Whitelisted X-archive-position: 3691 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: raganok@intrex.net Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: "Craig" From: "Craig" Reply-To: raganok@intrex.net X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out >The Book states that a brivla cannot begin with more than two consonants or >have a cluster of more than three consonants. The latter does not apply to >fu'ivla, so I am wondering about the former as well. It is possible to make >arbitrarily long strings of consonants consisting entirely of initial pairs >by repeating "stct" or "zdjd". It is also possible to make a string of five >consonants all of whose pairs are initial, so I came up with a pair of >strings. Is {stcmlatu} a word, or is {lestcmlatu} a word? and, of course, can we say things like "doi .tctctctctc. mi tstststsa"?