Re: Vowel Harmony Asthetically Pleasing?
| From: | Tim May <butsuri@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 27, 2004, 20:45 |
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Ray Brown wrote at 2004-12-27 20:07:01 (+0000)
> On Sunday, December 26, 2004, at 11:57 , Joe wrote:
>
> > Tristan McLeay wrote:
> >
> >> On 26 Dec 2004, at 9.25 pm, Joe wrote:
> >>
> >>>> Adam F. wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I am looking for opinions. Who finds vowel harmony in general to be
> >>>>> asthetically pleasing and what do you think of my sketch?
> >>>>
> >>
> >> I've never done a conlang with vowel harmony. 'M not too sure I like
> >> it...
> [snip]
>
> > Well, I do like them in a posteriori languages. They're nice and
> > naturalistic. In an a priori language, though, where you're
> > working on the basis of what is probably and alien script (or no
> > script at all), I'm a fan of efficiency.
>
> Eh? What is _inefficient_ about vowel harmony?
Ray, you snipped the relevant portion of Tristan's message. Joe
wasn't talking about vowel harmony, but polygraphs.
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