[lojban-beginners] Re: Lojban "r"

[Viral Lamb <jms1992@comcast.net>]

I know realize, that I was wrong about using a trilled "r" when
pronouncing "lerfu" would avoid the "e" sound turning into a "ei"
sound. It seems no matter if its an english "r" or spanish "r', when
accompanied by the letter 'e' (whether before or after) the "r" sound
inevitably turns the "e" sound into the "ei" sound.

This seems to be a very big problem, though I found that pronouncing
"lerfu" like "le.rfu" keeps it from sounding like "ei". When said
fast, there is no pause, but it definitely sounds different from
normal. It sounds weird, but its the only way I've come across to fix
this problem in lojban.

This seems like a rather significant problem that needs to be
addressed for the purposes of keeping such obvious ambiguity out of
lojban.

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