[lojban-beginners] Re: Lojban forms of names

["Michael Eaton" <michael.eaton@blackpool.gov.uk>]

Do you mean something similar to how Xavier should be pronounced?

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Sent: 29 September 2008 15:19
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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Lojban forms of names


de'i li 29 pi'e 09 pi'e 2008 la'o fy. Donald McLean .fy. cusku zoi skamyxatra.
> One of my children has a name that starts with an 'H'. As near as I
> can tell, the only use of this sound in Lojban is the apostrophe to
> separate two vowels. What, then are the most common approaches for
> handling this situation when converting names?
.skamyxatra

An 'H' at the beginning of a name is almost always Lojbanized into an 'x',
which makes the sound of a voiced 'H' (the sound doesn't naturally exist in
English, so I'm not sure how best to explain it).

mu'omi'e la'o gy. Minimiscience .gy.

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do ganai ka'e tcidu dei gi djuno lo dukse





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