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Okay, I'm having doubts. Should I allow "Xy" as in xyen or xyu (and, implicitly also "Cy")? I fear they're among the harder combinations to pronounce, and also hard (I'd think) for many to distinguish from the same word without the y. I mean, xyen and xen seem too close together. I'm thinking it should be xien and xiu, with two distinct syllables, to preclude that danger. I think I made the first forms because the origin words, from French and Chinese, are listed as monosyllabic, though I have my doubts about "chien". It sounds like two syllables to me. And I have been advised that it's about time I decided what phonological combinations are to be allowed. I'm inclined to disallow more than two consonants in a cluster. That would eliminate str, spr, skr, spl, skl and the same series beginning with "x". Or I could disallow more than two consonants EXCEPT for these. Beyond that, I think I want to allow things that seem pronounceable to me, and justify it later. I have no problems with zb, kn, sf, tl, dl, zd, zg, ks, kx, ts, ps, px. Anybody have an idea about what ought to be allowed and how to state it systematically? As our new member said, Eo never stated its rules up front and that is a flaw. I suppose the way to go is just to make a list of permissible combinations. -- Rex F. May (Baloo) Visit my website at: http://homepage.mac.com/rmay/ Great leadership training for boys at: http://afewgoodkids.com