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wallops
- To: John Cowan <cowan@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Raymond <eric@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Tiedemann <est@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>
- Subject: wallops
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <cbmvax!uunet!CTR.COLUMBIA.EDU!cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!shoulson>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1992 10:50:33 EST
- In-Reply-To: frank%PYR.COMM@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu's message of Sun, 23 Feb 1992 18:50:22 PST
- Reply-To: "Mark E. Shoulson" <cbmvax!uunet!CTR.COLUMBIA.EDU!cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!shoulson>
- Sender: Lojban list <cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!LOJBAN>
Frank asks if any sequence of cmavo can be compounded without spaces
between. The answer is yes. Provided it's *only* cmavo and noting else,
and also provided that vowel-initial cmavo are marked with close-periods
(or come at the beginning of a compound) and that "y"-final cmavo (like
{ty}) have close-periods after (or come only at the end). Given those
constraints, since all cmavo have at most one consonant and it comes at the
beginning, you can always place word-breaks before each consonant and
uniquely crack any cmavo-compound into its components.
Stylistically, some compounds are more common than others (e.g. {lenu} or
{la'edi'u}), but you can get away with any compound.
~mark