Re: English syllable structure (was, for some reason: Re: Llirine: How to creat a language)
From: | Dan Jones <dan@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, December 5, 2001, 17:47 |
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.
Dan
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semo la flamma, semo la casea
semo la tuta, semo la cambea
We are the spark, we are the flame
We are the people, we are the change
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