Re: Buffer vowel and "y"

[CJ FINE <cbmvax!uunet!BRADFORD.AC.UK!cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!C.J.Fine>]

>
> If it were _my_ language, I'd accept Mark's suggestion. In fact, u-umlaut
> is the sound of y in Latin, Finnish, Swedish, and probably other languages
> as well, so it isn't even a strange use of the letter; it's the sound that
> the letter originally stood for in the Latin alphabet. But it isn't my
 decision
> to make, and I'll bet Lojbab won't take it.
>

I'm inclined to agree. However, you don't need to make it precisely /y/
(high front rounded). Any high non-back rounded will do.
                        Colin