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Subject: RE: [lojban] Re: valfendi algorithm
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From: "And Rosta" <a.rosta@lycos.co.uk>
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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.