From xod@thestonecutters.net Thu Mar 11 14:14:17 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 29750 invoked from network); 11 Mar 2004 22:14:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.166) by m7.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 11 Mar 2004 22:14:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Mar 2004 22:14:11 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.30) id 1B1YRL-0000W1-If for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:14:07 -0800 Received: from dsl081-049-134.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.49.134] helo=chain.digitalkingdom.org) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B1YQN-0000Os-UL; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:13:07 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:12:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from thestonecutters.net ([63.251.19.112] helo=chert.thestonecutters.net) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B1YQ7-0000No-DO for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:12:51 -0800 Received: from thestonecutters.net (p78-77.acedsl.com [66.114.78.77]) by chert.thestonecutters.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9EBF148005 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:11:07 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4050E45D.1090403@thestonecutters.net> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:12:45 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031013 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed X-archive-position: 7209 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: xod@thestonecutters.net X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 From: xod Reply-To: xod@thestonecutters.net Subject: [lojban] Re: pronouncing =?windows-1252?Q?=91?= as th (xod) X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=110189215 X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 21684 la_okus wrote: >>Untrilled r tends to pollute the following vowel. >> >> > >What do you mean by "pollute"? > > I find it easier to overcome my English (American) accent and produce a flat vowel in, for example, "ro", if the r is trilled. -- "The war was supposed to be quick. We were supposed to be greeted as liberators. It was to pay for itself with oil revenues. And we were supposed to find chemical and biological weapons." Col. Sam Gardiner USAF-retired, National Defense University