X-Digest-Num: 161 Message-ID: <44114.161.943.959273824@eGroups.com> Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 10:11:01 -0400 From: John Cowan Subject: Re: Pronunciation X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 943 Content-Length: 1242 Lines: 40 Jack Raven wrote: > Is "n" always pronounced like "note" "button" "no" > as opposed to "sling" "wink" "finger"? Either pronunciation is permitted. Most Lojbanists use the latter sound before g and k. > Is "r" always used like a vowel (er) "winter" "colorful" "better", > or is it sometimes harder (more lip involved) when followed > by a vowel as in English "rabbit" "crowd" "surround" (2 r's) "r" should be distinctly audible, not a mere vowel coloring. It may be trilled or flapped/tapped, or pronounced as an approximant. > "Y" = (uh)? (mini-lesson) Yes. > what about (ih) "fit" "sit" "little" My name "Tim" My wife "Melissa" Not a Lojban sound, but may be used as the so-called "buffer" to separate consonant clusters that you find difficult to articulate. > I personally think that "uh" and "ih" are not distinct enough. > Our names could be "tem" "malesa" or "tim" "melisa" Most people use the full Lojban "i" (English "ee") in such names. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)