The dreaded word "only"

[Major <cbmvax!uunet!PTA.PYRAMID.COM.AU!cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!major>]

"Mark E. Shoulson" <shoulson@CTR.COLUMBIA.EDU> writes:

> "lat." is not a valid cmene for the same reason as above (tho in
> this case it's hard to see how it would break up; even if you
> consider it to be syllabic [with buffer vowel], I doubt most would accept
> "t." as a cmene).

"T" is the name of the truth constant in most implementations of lisp.
A discussion of a lisp program might well want to refer to "the thing
named 'T'". Moral: No exceptions! Dig a hole and someone *will* fall
in it.

Major