Re: [lojban-beginners] oh my god, please make it stop, it hurts so much! (was: Re: Questions on the sounds chosen for Lojban)

[Timo Paulssen <timonator@perpetuum-immobile.de>]

On 01/22/2011 07:53 PM, Luke Bergen wrote:
> Why exactly is this bad, timos?  The cll does it because how else can we
> explain to nintadni that "o" says english "bold" not "so"?
>   

That is right, but I've been on the IRC for ages and every time a newbie
comes in, we have to re-explain to them how to pronounce stuff, because
in their accent o sounds like a, e sounds like i, a sounds like ö, i
sounds like y and whatnot. I do realize, that teaching this to people
with IPA would be perfect, but not possible and I do have to admit, that
I cannot suggest a better way, but I am completely certain, that
discussing pronunciation like that will lead us nowhere at all.

My mail was also pretty much a knee-jerk thing, so I apologize to
anybody who might feel offended.

mu'o mi'e timos

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