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Re: baseline



--- In txeqli@y..., Rex May - Baloo <rmay@m...> wrote:
> Let's baseline:
> 
> The alphabet at
> http://users.blackhole.com/users/alexbrowne/c/grammar/alphabet.html
> is baselined, except:
> 
> I and U never form diphthongs.  You have to use 
> Y and W instead.  It makes some combos less esthetic 
> looking to some, but it maintains consistency.
> Comments?

I'm fine with the alphabet. 

You're saying that there are no diphthongs using the five 
vowels, right? Sounds good.

Are we voting on stress yet? I thought gentle stress on the 
first syllable was more workable than the next-to-last.

Kevin