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buffer vowel
- To: John Cowan <cowan@snark.thyrsus.com>, Ken Taylor <taylor@gca.com>
- Subject: buffer vowel
- From: And Rosta <cbmvax!uunet!pucc.princeton.edu!ucleaar>
- In-Reply-To: (Your message of Tue, 22 Oct 91 08:25:05 MST.) <9110221525.AA18040@luna.math.ucla.edu
- Reply-To: And Rosta <cbmvax!uunet!pucc.princeton.edu!ucleaar>
- Sender: Lojban list <cbmvax!uunet!pucc.princeton.edu!LOJBAN>
Jim Carter wrote to me:
> On buffer phonemes, it was my understanding that schwa (Lojban y) was
> reserved specifically for this purpose. If Cowan said that any random
> vowel could be the buffer, I missed it; I agree with your position that
> a specific vowel has to be used.
I sort of understood that Loglan uses schwa as buffer vowel & Lojban uses
any that isn't /i e a y o u/. Is Jim correct?
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