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on 2/9/04 9:58 AM, HandyDad at lsulky@hidden.email wrote: > --- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, "HandyDad" <lsulky@r...> wrote: >> >>>> They'll end up being pronounced the same as "-iya", "-iye", > "- >> iyu", >>>> and "-iyo". >>> >>> Exactly. So, I figure, why not prohibit those and go with ia, > etc.? >>> > I just realised that you may have been talking about what to do > with these three alternative examples: > > "kya" > "kiya" > "kia" > > and presumably these as well: > > "kwa" > "kuwa" > "kua" > > If that's the case, then here's what I'd like to say: > > I like having the elided/labialised consonants, at least as a > pronunciation option, and I think the "ky-" and "kw-" spellings > make that most clear. It's going to be hard to maintain distinction > between these and "ki-" and "ku-". So I suggest that we retain the > form "Cy-" and "Cw-", not permit adjoining vowels ever, and > prohibit "Cuw-" and "Ciy-". (I think we're okay with "Cow-".) Yes, and yes. I'm not so sure about Cow. Probably trying to contrast o and ow wouldn't work too well. -- Rex F. May (Baloo) Daily cartoon at: http://www.cnsnews.com/cartoon/baloo.asp Buy my book at: http://www.kiva.net/~jonabook/book-GesundheitDummy.htm