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From: William Stuart-smith <wil@CIX.COMPULINK.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: phonetic irregularity
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lojbab:
> The Lojban 'o' is intended to be a pure vowel, and not the diphthong
> of "doe".

>From lojban/pronounc.unf:
>  uo /wo/ as in "woe"

I find these mutually inconsistent. Where I come from, the words rhyme ('dyu'
and 'uyu' respectively, if I have these vowels right), and I can't imagine
them sounding as different as you (lojbab) imply.

uil