Re: Hiatus in Artlangs

From: "LeoMoser

> > In poetry it would probably be variable, since most languages have
> > allowances for reduction or elongation of vowels to meet poetic
> > demands.
> I wonder if this is unversally the case. It may
> be largely European languages that do this.
>
> Do the Japanese create haiku by swallowing
> syllables?
>
> Did the Tang poets do anything to the
> sounds of characters to make them fit
> poetry?
I'm no authority on either subject, but my gut reaction is to say 'no'. And
since neither has an apostrophe to deal with dropped sounds à la "o'er,
e'er, diff'rent, differ'nt, heav'n", etc., however would they manage it? :)

Kou