Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:46:48 -0600
From: Jay F Kominek <jkominek@miranda.org>
To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org
Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: A Newbie's First Impressions
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On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 08:06:54PM -0400, robin.bcc wrote:
> Travis Garris wrote:
> >>From Jon:
> >
> >"Well, nis. is pronounced as neice, there are no
> >silent letters in lojban."
> >
> >I didn't realize this.  I was pronouncing "klaudias."
> >as Claudia, not Claudias.  I guess "porcys." would
> >sound like you owned more than one to the
> >English-speakers.
> 
> It's a matter of taste whether you Lojbanise names by dropping the final 
> vowel or adding a final consonant (BTW, the consonant doesn't have to be 
> "s" - a lot of people go for "n").

I added a 'z'. (Because dropping the final vowel would've left me with
just 'dj', and adding 's' or 'n' would've gotten me other valid English
names.)

- djez