[lojban-beginners] Re: pronunciation

["Newton, Philip" <Philip.Newton@gedas-onsite.de>]

la .aleks. cu cusku di'e

> I would bet {ml} as in {mlatu} does, as well as {jr} as in {bajra}  
> and {kt} from {cukta}. These types of pairs aren't allowed in  
> English, so they're a tricky to wrap the tongue around.

{kt} is not allowed in English? How do you pronounce "sucked" or "tractor"?

(While the second could be either trac-tor or tra-ctor -- the first is
probably more consistent with English phonotactics --, sucked must have {kt}
in one and the same syllable. At least in my speech. And even with trac-tor,
it's not that hard to go from that to tra-ctor, at least for me.)

I can imagine that {jm} as in {jmina} might also be difficult -- but {ml} as
in {mlatu} and {mr} as in {mrilu} are probably the most un-English clusters
IMO, at least in syllable-initial position.

mu'o mi'e .filip.