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Its not really "too englishy" to use a silent 'e' when saying "er",
its just plain wrong.

On Aug 29, 6:01=A0pm, Jonathan Jones <eyeo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I pronounce {er} like in "bett*er*". I pronounce {eir} like in "*air*". T=
he
> two do not sound alike, and I don't have Luke's problem with thinking it
> sounds too "Englishy" to pronounce {er} like that.
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> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Viral Lamb <jms1...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > Uh, not being able to tell the difference between the 'e' and 'ei'
> > sound because of the letter 'r' does have the potential for
> > misunderstandings. This isn't just a "oh well its close enough", this
> > goes very much against one of the founding principles of the language,
> > audiovisual isomorphism. Considering all the different cmene, lujvo,
> > and fu'ivla you could create, I see lots of room for this problem to
> > crop up.
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> > And no, its not just "some people" who have a problem pronouncing "er"
> > and "eir" differently, its everyone from what I can see. I've yet to
> > see how anyone "could" pronounce them differently. If anyone would
> > like to prove me wrong I'm all ears.
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> mu'o mi'e .aionys.
>
> .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o
> (Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )

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