From xod@xxxx.xxxx Sun Apr 11 11:16:11 1999 X-Digest-Num: 111 Message-ID: <44114.111.614.959273824@eGroups.com> Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 14:16:11 -0400 (EDT) From: xod > I've just spoken with a linguist friend who, upon being > told that the lojban vowels are tensed, widely spaced, > and not easily confused with the schwa, came up, without > significant prompting, with > > /u/ boot, toot, flute, chute > /o/ top, cot, motley, monster > /i/ clean, green, machine > /e/ bet, lens, enemy > /a/ cat, bat, mat, dab, action > In my opinion, the /o/ and /a/ are not correct. /o/ awful, portion, or, gnaw /a/ is the sound you'll hear me saying in "top" and "father" when you get access to a sound card; the "a" in the Spanish "manana"; what you list here as /o/. ----- I've detected a vast, multi-wing conspiracy to provide me with Slack. They can't fool me!!