Subject: RE: [lojban] Re: valfendi algorithm

From: "And Rosta" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 20:47:04 -0000

John:
> And Rosta scripsit:
> 
> > > cmegadri as a cmene, including such unpronounceable messes as 
> {mzantcesg}. 
> > 
> > That isn't unpronounceable. In Lojban phonology it is /mwzanwtwceswgw.w/,
> > where /w/ is the buffer vowel that is elidable between certain consonants 
> 
> Well, no. No Lojban word, name or not, may contain /mz/ or /sg/; they
> violate the phonotactic rules, buffer vowel or not 

I don't see that as a pronounceability issue, though. It's more like
English restrictions against CrVr & VVN (N = ng, VV = double vowel)
-- they're pronounceable but still prohibited. 

--And.