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Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 18:52:40 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [lojban] Re: capybara
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Is it just me, or are syllables with both a closing diphthong and a final=
=20
sonorant (especially a rhotic) hard to pronounce and mildly ugly-sounding?=
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I have a hard time pronouncing /=CA=92a=CA=8Ar/ as anything but [=CA=92aw=
=C9=99r], which I=20
guess is okay, since the latter doesn't seem to misparse. Still, I'll vote=
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against jaurxarju and for tciuiro.

On Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 3:18:08 AM UTC-4, Pierre Abbat wrote:
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> The capybara is called in several languages, including biological Latin,=
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> by=20
> words meaning "water pig". Should we call it {jaurxarju} or something els=
e=20
> like {tciuiro} (what it's called in Colombia)?=20
>
> Pierre=20
> --=20
> The Black Garden on the Mountain is not on the Black Mountain.=20
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Is it just me, or are syllables with both a closing d=
iphthong and a final sonorant (especially a rhotic) hard to pronounce and m=
ildly ugly-sounding? I have a hard time pronouncing /=CA=92a=CA=8Ar/ as any=
thing but [=CA=92aw=C9=99r], which I guess is okay, since the latter doesn&=
#39;t seem to misparse. Still, I&#39;ll vote against jaurxarju and for tciu=
iro.</div><div><br>On Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 3:18:08 AM UTC-4, Pierre Abb=
at wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: =
0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;">The capybara is calle=
d in several languages, including biological Latin, by=20
<br>words meaning &quot;water pig&quot;. Should we call it {jaurxarju} or s=
omething else=20
<br>like {tciuiro} (what it&#39;s called in Colombia)?
<br>
<br>Pierre
<br>--=20
<br>The Black Garden on the Mountain is not on the Black Mountain.
<br>
<br></blockquote></div></div>

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