En réponse à Christopher Wright <faceloran@...>:
>
> Then hm = [v].
>
Indeed!
> >Two right, like Clint, although I should maybe make it one and a half
> since one
> >of your correct propositions is among a choice between two :)) .
>
> One of those has to be for hm. Therefore, d /= [d]. Instead, I'll say
> that gd = [d]. (Before, I called it gdh = [d]. But that would be a
> trick.)
>
wrong choice :))) . As for Clint, it was |hm| which was part of a choice. The
other right one was not part of a possible choice but a definite proposition
from him. It was the proposition |a|=[E].
>
> Final s = [z]
>
Nope. Your wrong hypothesis was that |a| couldn't be [E]. Well it is! :))
>
> Cryptic.
Meant to be :)) .
Does that mean that the initial g lengthens the next vowel?
> I'll
> go with that. Then d = [d].
>
Indeed! You understood everything.
> As for the latter half of the word, it's more difficult. You didn't
> comment as much on it.
>
I wanted to leave some fun :))) .
> Well, |abgis|, according to what I seem to have worked out, is [EIz].
True enough.
> Word-final |s| is [z], I'll say. Then |gi| for [I] and |ab| for [E]?
>
Ouch!
> Therefore:
> |g| [:]
> |d| [d]
> |hm| [v] (Clint's first correct bit; H.S. Teoh's first correct bit)
> |ab| [E]
> |gi| [I]
> |s| [z] (Clint's second correct bit, though he said Z; H.S. Teoh's
> second correct bit)
>
> |d| can't be [d], but I'll see how I score on this.
>
It could be, indeed it was :)) . But you probably already read my more complete
answer, so I don't need to repeat myself :)) .
> There's a game called Mastermind from which I learned logic of this
> sort.
> It seems not to be working well, though.
>
Indeed not. But I won't blame you. The whole point of the orthography of Maggel
is to prevent logic to work, even when the word is regularly written :))) .
> >|ht| is [C] and [hd] (like |hj|) is [G]!!!
>
> Remember, multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a diseased
> mind!!!
>
I know!!!!!!!!!!!! And I never pretended to be sane!!!!!!! ;)))))
Christophe.
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