From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Thu Aug 20 19:13:11 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:13:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MeJcs-0005qR-Jq for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:13:11 -0700 Received: from imr-ma04.mx.aol.com ([64.12.206.42]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MeJcp-0005pu-CW for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:13:10 -0700 Received: from imo-da02.mx.aol.com (imo-da02.mx.aol.com [205.188.169.200]) by imr-ma04.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n7L2CwtI024739 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:12:58 -0400 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-da02.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.5.) id d.cbc.46f029d1 (39329) for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:12:52 -0400 (EDT) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:13:32 EDT Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: proper pronunciation of apostrophe To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_cbc.46f029d1.37bf5ccc_boundary" X-Spam-Flag:NO X-AOL-SENDER: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com X-archive-position: 2069 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners --part1_cbc.46f029d1.37bf5ccc_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/20/2009 18:36:07 Eastern Daylight Time, minimiscience@gmail.com writes: > As a variant, the apostrophe may also be pronounced as any > unvoiced fricative not already used in Lojban, e.g., [?], the sound of the > soft > "th" in "thing" (not the hard "th" of "this"). > In my experience the voiced sounds in English are "soft", the unvoiced ones "hard". stevo --part1_cbc.46f029d1.37bf5ccc_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a messag= e dated 8/20/2009 18:36:07 Eastern Daylight Time, minimiscience@gmail.com= writes:


As a variant, the apost= rophe may also be pronounced as any
unvoiced fricative not already used in Lojban, e.g., [?], the sound of= the soft
"th" in "thing" (not the hard "th" of "this").



In my experience the voiced sounds in English are "soft", the unvoiced= ones "hard".

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