Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: Questions on the sounds chosen for Lojban

[Alex Rozenshteyn <rpglover64@gmail.com>]

So does "bite" sound kinda like "buy 't" (where " 't " is "it" with the "i" chopped off)?

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:

On Saturday 22 January 2011 13:22:32 Luke Bergen wrote:
> Really?  I find that I pronounce bite like lojban byit.  Maybe a better
> example of yi in english is "site".  When I say "site" out loud in english
> there is absolutely no hint of the lojban "a" sound.
>
> I think that in general english "s[i]te" and "b[uy]" are two different and
> distinct diphthongs

When I pronounce them, "site", "bite", and "buy" all have the same diphthong,
except that the one in "buy" is longer, as in "side" and "bide".

Pierre
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