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on 3/27/02 1:14 PM, Mike Wright at darwin@hidden.email wrote: >> Yes. How about using the 'just said' word, which, I think, given the length >> of your 'gaq' word, should revert to 'co' after all. > > Both just one syllable, though. Or do you mean the number of letters? I mean time length. For me, I can say 'co' really fast, but a clear 'gaq' seems to take about twice as long. And number of letters is something, considering that this word will get a lot of use, I think. To quote John here: "After my spate of enthusiasm, let me explain. I think it would be extremely useful to have a particle that means "what has just been said." Glosa does do this, and the innovation works well. Note the following (a partial list), noting that "co" is pronounced "cho": po co after that plus co moreover para co by the way homo co similarly tem co meanwhile anti co however seqe co consequently, suma co summing up, and perhaps a dozen other expressions." And used as a lone word, I'd use it a lot, I think. -- >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/