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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: gismu abbreviations?
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> 
> Whoops... thanks for the reminder.  I remember that c
> has a "sh" sound when I'm reading and speaking, but I
> still flub it up sometimes when I'm typing myself. 
> But that's nothing compared to the x!  Hopefully I'll 
> eventually stop sounding like I'm coughing up a hairball.
> 

Just become Scottish - it makes life a lot easier! It's the sound we
have at the end of "Loch", and the exclamation "ach".

I also use it for my surname - I reckon it's closest to an H.

mu'o mi'e .kris.xaulet.

PS. Incidentally - I've been getting a little confused over this. Why is
it "la kris." but "mi'e .kris."? I can't help feeling that it should be
one or the other, but Lojban for Beginners seems to suggest not.