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on 2/9/04 6:15 PM, HandyDad at lsulky@hidden.email wrote: > --- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, Rex May - Baloo <rmay@m...> wrote: > >>> 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. >> > > I meant like "kwa" versus "kowa"...would people who find "kwa" > difficult be inclined to turn it into "kowa" or only "kuwa" ? > Ah. Gee, I think it's a lot easier than the spelling makes it look, though. Even Poirot can say 'quoi'. -- 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