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[lojban-beginners] Re: Intonation of xu (was Re: (no subject))



On Sat, 01 Feb 2003 14:04, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 09:22:43PM -0500, JJ121449@aol.com wrote:
> > Sorry, another question.  Probably seems stupid, but...
> > Do you use English intonation for questions?  The reference grammar
> > says the xu, ma, or whatever is enough, but people being people I
> > wonder if anyone bothers to overcome their native speech patterns.
> I try to avoid it if I can.

Does the result sound like Steve Wright?  :-)
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