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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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