From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Mon Aug 8 11:54:03 1994 Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by nfs1.digex.net with SMTP id AA16068 (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Mon, 8 Aug 1994 11:53:50 -0400 Message-Id: <199408081553.AA16068@nfs1.digex.net> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 0225; Mon, 08 Aug 94 11:55:19 EDT Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 3859; Mon, 8 Aug 1994 11:54:52 -0400 Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 11:52:41 -0400 Reply-To: "Mark E. Shoulson" Sender: Lojban list From: "Mark E. Shoulson" Subject: The Fifty United States, etc. To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu In-Reply-To: Jack Waugh's message of Fri, 5 Aug 1994 19:02:50 -0500 <199408060005.UAA19869@sirius.ctr.columbia.edu> Status: RO >Date: Fri, 5 Aug 1994 19:02:50 -0500 >From: Jack Waugh >USA pronunciation of no name nor word ever ends in anything >like the Lojban sound /a/. The ends of American names spelled >with "a" on the end should be Lojbanized with "y". Or else drop the "y" altogether, rather than adding an extraneous consonant. That's oftn a nice option (Alabama as .alybam. or .elybam. or whatever). It can sound more natural. ~mark