Re: musical talk?

Raimundus Brown scripsit:

> Since most of the syllables are simple CV open tables, UT and SOL felt
> "uncomfortable" to some and got changed to 'doh' ('do') and 'soh' ('so');
It's easier to sing open syllables for a sustained period, I think.
"Ut" has terrible resonance.  I always assumed that the sol > so
mapping was a matter of reanalysis "sol-la" becoming "so-la".

> also, for no good reason that I know of, 'si' got changed to 'ti'.
To satisfy the desire to have a distinct initial consonant for
all syllables, IMHO.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)