Date:  Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:15:29 -0500 (EST)
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From: Rick Nylander <rnylander@DTSI.COM>
Subject:      lojban 'a'
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I'm not sure how to pronounce the lojban "a," which the book describes
as
something like the "a" in New England "park."

I'm from the western U.S. (me no speakee New English).  Is it something
like
halfway between the a's in "fat" and "father"?

Rik.