ceigered:What's the reasoning for ending every major thing with a vowel? I would have thought a syllable would have been easier to recognise than a vowel (e.g. -ment ('mong') in French, 'to' infinitive in English - by no means are these regular but at least they're easier to recognise in quicker speech when vowels can be slurred and stress can lose its impact). Is it just that Zamenhoff decided that would be easiest to remember + learn (not necessarily recognise) at the time?

In a rebuff to some comments made by the author of Learn Not to Speak Esperanto regarding the final vowel system, Claude Piron had this to say, which you may find interesting.

In a similar vein, A Giridhar RAO has these comments.