On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Jonathan Jones= =20 <eyeonus@gmail.com>=20 wrote:

No.=20 There is no silent e in "better". A silent e is one that makes no sound= .=20 There is a silent e in "Euclid", "hate", "bite".

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Viral Lamb=20 <jms1992@comcast.net> wrote:
you=20 pronounce "er" like the "er" in "better"? That means your using=20 a
silent 'e'?

On Aug 29, 6:01 pm, Jonathan Jones <<= A=20 href=3D"mailto:eyeo...@gmail.com" target=3D_blank>eyeo...@gmail.com>=20 wrote:
> I pronounce {er} like in "bett*er*". I pronounce {eir}= like=20 in "*air*". The

> two do not sound alike, and I don't have Luke's problem wit= h=20 thinking it
> sounds too "Englishy" to pronounce {er} like=20 that.
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> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Viral Lamb <jms1...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > Uh, n= ot=20 being able to tell the difference between the 'e' and 'ei'
> &g= t;=20 sound because of the letter 'r' does have the potential for
> &= gt;=20 misunderstandings. This isn't just a "oh well its close enough",=20 this
> > goes very much against one of the founding principl= es of=20 the language,
> > audiovisual isomorphism. Considering all t= he=20 different cmene, lujvo,
> > and fu'ivla you could create, I = see=20 lots of room for this problem to
> > crop up.
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>= ;=20 > And no, its not just "some people" who have a problem pronouncin= g=20 "er"
> > and "eir" differently, its everyone from what I can= see.=20 I've yet to
> > see how anyone "could" pronounce them=20 differently. If anyone would
> > like to prove me wrong I'm = all=20 ears.
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> mu'o mi'e .aionys.
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> .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo p= ilno=20 be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o
> (Come to the Dot Sid= e!=20 Luke, I am your father. :D )

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