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Tongue twisters are fun if you ask me. ;-)


On 09/01/2014 12:56 PM, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 12:07:01PM +0400, Gleki Arxokuna wrote:
>> the wikipedia article about lojban might need a short list of criticism of
>> lojban with links (e.g. to posts in this mailing list). Balanced criticism
>> actually makes languages more popular, so it's advisable to make such a
>> list.
>>
>> Here are some thoughts:
> My troubles actually speaking the thing on a daily basis:
>
> 1.  The total lack of idiom
>
> 2.  The incredible self-similarity of the gismu makes keeping them
> straight extremely difficult for me in practice (i.e. when speaking
> at full speed).
>
> 3.  *WAY* too many c/s/j sounds; so many accidental tounge twisters
>

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