Re: single consonant words

["Mark E. Shoulson" <shoulson@CS.COLUMBIA.EDU>]

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>Date:         Tue, 15 Oct 1996 12:22:33 +0200
>From: "R.M. Uittenbogaard" <reneuit%SCI.KUN.NL@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>

>I was just curious:
>Is it allowed to have single consonant words? Like this:

>mi viska la f.     (not "la fy.")
> or la .f.

>mi se cmene zoi .f. bobo .f.

>Actually, I can see no problems here, although single-consonant words
>might sometimes require a pause before them (probably always except
>after LA or DOI).

Indeed, this has come up before.  I remember once pointing out a cartoon in
Ju'i Lobypli (a former Lojban newsletter) which used "lat." as a cmene, and
I said that it was illegal because of the "la" which cannot be in cmene.  I
also said that it probably didn't matter, though, since it didn't make
sense any other way.  And Rosta, however, pointed out that there was
nothing in the rules about a cmene of "t", and indeed it's pronounceable,
since consonants may be pronounced with the (infamous) optional "buffer
vowel."  He makes a good point, and while "t" may be a tough name, I
personally have no trouble using "f" as a cmene.  Ivan Derzhanski and I, in
discussing names for letters in the Devanagari alphabet, decided we liked
"r." as a cmene (in r.bu) and even "r'r.", though that one may not pass
official muster.

All cmene require pauses before them except after LA or DOI.

~mark

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