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on 3/4/02 10:05 AM, John Schilke at doc@hidden.email wrote: >> >> Ai system. Looks better and more natural. Gau looks nicer than gaw. > A matter of personal opinion -- I'm neutral on the point. > >> And >> might as well use it because the ay system will really make it necessary > to >> prohibit ai, as they'll sound a lot alike. Yes. With initial stress, It's going to be very hard to distinguish ai from ay, ei from ey, etc. So I'm inclined to prohibit them. > Actually perhaps not. I perceive a distinction, which might be a use > (to re-open a bag of worms) for the much maligned "c" as a glottal stop. > > I still think that the weaks make the better choice. > John Weaks it is! -- >PLEASE NOTE MY NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS: rmay@hidden.email > Rex F. May (Baloo) > Daily cartoon at: http://www.cnsnews.com/cartoon/baloo.asp > Buy my book at: http://www.kiva.net/~jonabook/gdummy.htm > Language site at: http://www.geocities.com/ceqli/Uploadexp.htm >Discuss my auxiliary language at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/txeqli/