Re: VMs: 1-2-3 eliminate me!

[Gabriel Landini <G.Landini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 27 Feb 2003 2:33 pm, Jacques Guy wrote:
> 2/24/03 10:08:34 AM, Gabriel Landini <G.Landini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >EVA			32000+		o,c,a,y,n,e,s,g
> >CURVA			31582		o,y,a,e,Ee,p,g
> >GAVA			24508		o,y,a,e,Ee,g
> >FSG			26967		o,y,a,e,Z,g,u
> >Currier			26134		o,y,a,e,g,u
> >Frogguy			32000+		e,o,a,y,p,n,j,g
>
> I'm sure you stuffed up there, Gabriel: 

Oops! I am sure you are right! :-)

This table should use the EVA font, except for the <> characters which should 
be left as roman letters.

> >FSG			26967		o,y,a,e,<Z>,g,u
> >Frogguy		32000+		e,o,a,y,<p>,n,<j>,<g>

> there is no <y> that I remember of in Frogguy, 

Yes, that is <9>, but <9>=y (in EVA)


>and that EVA <c> (the second letter), 
> shouldn't that be <e>?

No, that one is EVA-c. EVA-e is also classified as a vowel but with a lower 
probability.
Maybe this is driven by ch and the complex gallows?


> And Frogguy <e> first letter) <c>?
Again, EVA e = <c>, sorry for the confusion.


> The above results show that, in all transcriptions,
> EVA <o>, <e>, <a>, and <y> come out as vowels.
Plus EVA-g which is word-terminal.

> As for p and j coming out as vowels in Frogguy, remember
> that they are the right halves of gallows. Since a gallows
> is very often preceded by <o>, a vowel, the left half
> is identified as a consonant, the right half as a vowel.

I guess that this is the reason why EVA-c is detected as a vowel as well?

> Somewhere in the archives there are two or three articles
> where I argue, on distributional evidence that EVA <a> = <ee> = <y>.

So the entropy really is going to hit the floor... 
Are <a> and <ee> interchangeable?

Cheers,

Gabriel


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