From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Mon Nov 14 07:16:06 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:42:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.54) id 1Ebg3x-00075z-QZ for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:16:05 -0800 Received: from tweak.intranet.csupomona.edu ([134.71.184.65]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1Ebg3u-00075n-CA for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:16:05 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tweak.intranet.csupomona.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D4BF14A18 for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:15:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from tweak.intranet.csupomona.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tweak [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 02108-03-5 for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:15:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from beverly.caldwell.out (pool-71-110-203-67.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net [71.110.203.67]) by tweak.intranet.csupomona.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id D656A14A01 for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:15:44 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:22:57 -0800 From: "Heath N. Caldwell" To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Schwa. Message-ID: <20051114151923.GA575@beverly.caldwell.out> References: <20051114112350.48230.qmail@web51506.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051114112350.48230.qmail@web51506.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r535 (FreeBSD) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at csupomona.edu X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) X-archive-position: 2558 X-Approved-By: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: hncaldwell@csupomona.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 03:23:50AM -0800, Opi Lauma wrote: > coi rodo > I have a very simple question. Does English have sound equivalent to Lojban's ?y? (schwa)? If it is the case, could you pleas give me several examples (words) containing this sound. I thing the first ?A? in ?America? should be Lojban's schwa. Am I right? > mu'o mi'e opilaumas > u in up u in pun o in from a in delta "uh" when someoune says: "Uh, I don't know." By the way, I speak californian english which means I may pronounce words differently than other people. I believe that californian is considered the proper American english, however. -- Heath Caldwell hncaldwell@csupomona.edu, GPG-Key-ID: 0x0967843B Web Programmer I&IT Web Development - Cal Poly Pomona