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[lojban-beginners] Re: translation of "blog" si blag



On 1 March 2010 13:46, A. PIEKARSKI <totus@rogers.com> wrote:
> These arguements about American English versus Commonwealth English
> seem a little strange to me. Have we forgotten that lojban is not the preserve
> of the English-speaking world?

I was not arguing against American English but pointing out that
{blog} is a justifiable lojbanization of the English word "blog".


>Â How is "blog" pronounced in China, India, Brazil, Nigeria?

According to Wiktionary etc., "blog" is pronounced/translated as:

åå | bÃkÃ, éèæ | bÃluÃgÃ, åè | bÃluà (Chinese)
ààààà | blog (Hindi)
blog (Portuguese)
blog (Hausa)

Farsi, where the rounded [o] and [É] are valid phonemes, adopted the
unrounded American pronunciation: ØÙØÚ | blÄg  .


> {prekarni} sounds fine to me!

It does to me too. In fact, I would very much prefer {prekarni} to {me
la blog} or {blo'ogo}.