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Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 16:54:57 +0100
From: "Vid Sintef" <picos.picos@gmail.com>
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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: lojbanization
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>
> I wouldn't worry about phonological distortion, if I were you. Unless
> you go around pronouncing "Hegel" in the German way (without even a
> trace of an English-style diphthong in the first syllable), and saying
> "K=F8benhavn" (with proper Danish pronunciation) instead of
> "Copenhagen".
>
> Different languages have different phonotactics, and mould borrowed
> words to fit. It's a fact of life.


But not every fact is of a good life. And at least we can be careful. Peopl=
e
didn't have to invent "Copenhagen" while they could spell it as "Kobnhawn"
(phonetically approximate) or "Kobenhavn" (orthographically approximate).
The key is a better understanding of the other, the practice of which would
be impossible if you were too much culturally selfish. Hasn't Lojban been
designed to be as culturally neutral as possible? I do really love Lojban;
but I would have loved it more if there were other options than {XEminueis.=
}
or {.e'Eminueis.} for the name "Hemingway", for instance. Although I won't
seriously complain about that since Lojban - I'm convinced - has already go=
t
incredible possibilities to offer us.


Vid

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<div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(=
204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I wouldn&#39=
;t worry about phonological distortion, if I were you. Unless<br>you go aro=
und pronouncing &quot;Hegel&quot; in the German way (without even a
<br>trace of an English-style diphthong in the first syllable), and saying<=
br>&quot;K=F8benhavn&quot; (with proper Danish pronunciation) instead of<br=
>&quot;Copenhagen&quot;.<br><br>Different languages have different phonotac=
tics, and mould borrowed
<br>words to fit. It&#39;s a fact of life.</blockquote><div><br>But not eve=
ry fact is of a good life. And at least we can be <span style=3D"font-style=
: italic;">careful</span>. People didn&#39;t have to invent &quot;Copenhage=
n&quot; while they could spell it as &quot;Kobnhawn&quot; (phonetically app=
roximate) or &quot;Kobenhavn&quot; (orthographically approximate). The key =
is a better understanding of the other, the practice of which would be impo=
ssible if you were too much culturally selfish. Hasn&#39;t Lojban been desi=
gned to be as culturally neutral as possible? I do really love Lojban; but =
I would have loved it more if there were other options than {XEminueis.} or=
 {.e&#39;Eminueis.} for the name &quot;Hemingway&quot;, for instance. Altho=
ugh I won&#39;t seriously complain about that since Lojban - I&#39;m convin=
ced - has already got incredible possibilities to offer us.
<br></div><br><br>Vid</div>

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