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Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: Lojban "r"



I pronounce {er} like in "better". I pronounce {eir} like in "air". The two do not sound alike, and I don't have Luke's problem with thinking it sounds too "Englishy" to pronounce {er} like that.

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Viral Lamb <jms1992@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.

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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