Re: Logical Vulcan take II (and other assorted sundries)
McReynolds 
Sat, 10 Jan 1998 15:50:10 -0600

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From: Rob Zook <rzook*informix,com>
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Date: Saturday, January 10, 1998 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: Logical Vulcan take II (and other assorted sundries)

>Well, I would not call it a new "rule" yet. I made a suggestion a while
>back (I forget exactly when), that we put a period between two consonents,
>when the consonents form a syllable boundry and not a consonent cluster.
>
>So when adding a particle to a word, and a consonent at the end of a
>particle butts against a consonent on the end of the word it joins, it
>would seem very strange to me to blend them into a consonent cluster.
>
>So that period represents a little pause. Like the little
>pause between the n and the s in <consists>. Now in English we do
>combine them into consonent clusters. I would not say, "con,sist,s",
>I would say "con,sis,ts" while the singular has pauses like "con,sist".

I see.  I like the concept, but couldn't we come up with a better symbol to
insert?  Periods can get confusing, especially with the ever-present risk of
typos.  I would personally suggest putting a dash "-" between the
boundaries, as in "con-sis-ts".  That is pretty clear, I believe, and it is
a rarely used mark, especially in Vulcan.  What do you think?  When I see
words with periods, personally, it just confuses me.

-McReynolds