Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: Help with Lojbanising English?

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Thursday 18 August 2011 22:39:40 Jed wrote:
> I've never actually seen this done among borrowed words in any
> language, but it might be more phonetically appropriate to say
> "seamueiz" instead of "samueiz". It's the difference between "pan" as
> an English word to refer to a cooking tool and "pan" as a Spanish/
> Japanese/Portugese word to refer to bread. Basically, "ea" might more
> closely resemble the first "a" in "Samways."

"ea" is not a Lojban diphthong, so "seam" is two syllables. Russian generally 
transliterates English /æ/ as э.

Btw, the Portuguese word is "pão". It sounds like "pau" (which means stick) 
except that it's nasalized.

Pierre
-- 
.i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do
.ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga
.icu'u la ma'atman.

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