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From: iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Ivan A Derzhanski)
Subject: Re: One point against Esperanto
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Organization: Centre for Cognitive Science, Edinburgh, UK
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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 22:14:10 GMT
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In article <3jcl4d$kqe@news.nd.edu> scharle@lukasiewicz.cc.nd.edu (scharle) writes:
>    If I were to invent a language that was to be easy to learn, I'd
>think of restricting the syllables as narrowly as this: initials 
>k l m n s t 0, medials a ai/e au/o i u, and finals n 0.

Why not simply adopt Hawai`ian as an auxiliary language for
international communication (getting rid of the _s_ also)?

Scott, may I count your vote in favour of the motion?

Aloha,

-- 
`"Na, na ... ah mean, *no wey*, wi aw due respect, ma lady," stammers Joe.'
Ivan A Derzhanski (iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk)    (J Stuart, _Auld Testament Tales_)
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