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Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Letter Frequency in lojban
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:09:36 -0400
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On Monday, August 25, 2014 12:53:12 TR NS wrote:
> I disagree. When people make spelling mistakes it is almost always the
> vowels they get wrong. And it is the vowels that tend to drift from diale=
ct
> to dialect. Nonetheless I think the vowel usage it Lojban is that abnorma=
l.

Not in Spanish. Mistakes such as "conosca", "bienbenidos", and confusing=20
"has/haz" and "ves/vez" are common. I know of one accent that changes the=
=20
vowels (s is swallowed and its former presence causes vowel quality to chan=
ge,=20
and I know someone who speaks like that). Besides the difference between=20
Castilian and Andalusian/Leftpondian pronunciations of "z", there are=20
Dominicans who sometimes pronounce /r/ as [l], Salvadorans and others=20
(including me) who often pronounce final /n/ as [=C5=8B], and various peopl=
e who=20
swallow /s/.

Pierre
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I believe in Yellow when I'm in Sweden and in Black when I'm in Wales.

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