Subject: Re: [lojban] World-historical and religious figures in Lojban

From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email-masked]>
Date: 31 Aug 2000 02:24:47 -0000

>cc: [email-masked]
>Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 15:11:50 -0400
>From: Robin Lee Powell <[email-masked]>
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>"Mark E. Shoulson" writes:
>
>>I've said it before: we should probably just do away with *all* the
>>restrictions in cmene (except maybe for the illegal medials) at the cost of
>>requiring a pause after la/lai/doi. 
>
>I fully agree, but la'o works.

But {la'o} adds at least 4 syllables to the name (two for {la'o} and at
least two for the two instances of the guard word), plus 4 pauses (around
the guard words). {la} adds one, and one pause. And if it added two
pauses, it would actually be usable.

~mark