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on 5/5/02 2:46 PM, uaxuctum at uaxuctum@hidden.email wrote: > Well, if letters are going to have similar-looking > names, in the manner of Lojban and Esperanto, then I'd > rather vote for Lojban's option of simply adding a schwa > to the consonants: by, cy, dy... I think the resulting > spelling-out of words and names sounds better that way > than having the same diphthong repeated once and over > again. Compare saying, e.g. NBC as "naj baj caj" or > "nuj buj cuj" with saying it as "ny by cy"; I at least > find the second way less jarring. Do you think Cy is also okay for their use as pronouns? by pa don cy dy. -- >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/