From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Dec 05 14:32:40 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:32:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Griq8-0006i1-6I for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:32:40 -0800 Received: from smtp.mail.umich.edu ([141.211.93.160] helo=skycaptain.mr.itd.umich.edu) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Gripw-0006hf-MI for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:32:39 -0800 Received: FROM [141.213.221.81] (bursley-221-81.reshall.umich.edu [141.213.221.81]) BY skycaptain.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4575F33E.C0C52.15518 ; 5 Dec 2006 17:31:26 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-2-219608401 Message-Id: From: Alex Martini Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Pronouncing "a" Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:31:25 -0500 To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-archive-position: 3808 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: alexjm@umich.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners --Apple-Mail-2-219608401 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Are you asking for help with IPA, or asking if people can read it so you know if you will be understood using it? I can read most of IPA, but I often have to look at a chart like the one you pasted into the email to remember what symbol is what. The only really difficult thing is learning the technical terms for the parts of a sound -- fricative, plosice, voiced, rounded, etc. mu'o mi'e .aleks. On Dec 5, 2006, at 4:12 PM, Theodore Reed wrote: > [ li'o sai ] > > -- from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojban > > Now, does any newb *understand* IPA? > > -- > Theodore Reed (treed/bancus) > www.surreality.us --Apple-Mail-2-219608401 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII
Are you asking for help = with IPA, or asking if people can read it so you know if you will be = understood using it?

I can read most of IPA, but = I often have to look at a chart like the one you pasted into the email = to remember what symbol is what. The only really difficult thing is = learning the technical terms for the parts of a sound -- fricative, = plosice, voiced, rounded, etc.

mu'o mi'e = .aleks.


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