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Re: Love Those Double Vowels (was: Diving In...)

From:Michael Poxon <m.poxon@...>
Date:Sunday, November 4, 2001, 16:46
I think you can get a triple e in French (does it count, mixing acute and
ordinary?) - créée "created (fem)"
Mike
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From: "SuomenkieliMaa" <suomenkieli@...>
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Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 9:00 AM
Subject: Love Those Double Vowels (was: Diving In...)


> --- Dan Jones <dan@...> wrote: > > >Maarten van Beek > > For some reason I think doubled vowels in English > > look ugly, but nice in Dutch. I also love the > > sequence <ij> > > Really, you dislike double vowels in English? For me, > that is a small part of the mystique of a lang - > whether or it can double or even triple (I can only > think of Finnish which might triple, although they > consider a and a/omlaut as separate letters but it > still can look like 3 a's!). > > Hmm, I personally love doubles and triples as one > might have guessed having seen a sample from my > conlang, Vya:a:h! > > By the way, anyone know of a natlang which has triple > vowels, and commonly makes us of them? > > Matt33 > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Find a job, post your resume. > http://careers.yahoo.com

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