Re: English syllable structure (was, for some reason: Re: Llirine: How to creat a language)

Am 05.12.01, Dan Jones yscrifef:

> Cheng Zhong Su escreva:
> >The target, we sparate sounds into unit is link
> >linguistics with math. So we try to saparted it timely
> >in equal. If we can separate it timely equal then we
> >can understand what will happened in life time. The
> >word 'beast' is one syllable, word 'be' also one
> >syllable. They are different in time length.
> >Su Cheng Zhong
>
> Why the hell would we want to link linguistics and maths? The two are
> totally seperate (unless you're Pythagoras (IIRC) who thought *everything*
> was just maths in some form). It's like trying to link portrait painting to
> maths- overly difficult and ultimately pointless.
And what's more, "be" and "beast" are the same length for me.

I see your point, though. Language is far too variable to link
it to something absolute like mathematics. How many conversations
do we have around here where ten or a dozen speakers of the same
tongue have different slants, different experiences or do things
quite differently? Consider the recent discussions on parts of
speech - the "is it an adjective or adverb" thread.

> Dan
Padraic.
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