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Re: buffer vowel

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> 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?


Old Loglan position:  /y/ was buffer.

Current Institute Loglan position:  there are two dialects, the "buffered"
using /y/ as buffer and /iy/ as hyphen, and the "unbuffered", using no buffer
and /y/ as hyphen.

Lojban position:  /y/ is hyphen, any short unused vowel such as [I] is buffer.

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