[lojban-beginners] Re: mi tadni la lojban

[G Dyke <gordon.dyke@bluewin.ch>]

Theodore Reed (bancus) wrote:

> On Sat, 03 May 2003 11:12:56 +0200
> G Dyke <gordon.dyke@bluewin.ch> wrote:
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> > at the time, but couldn't remember how to say "sound". I also didn't 
> > phrase the whole thing too well. I was actually remarking that both 
> > {brus} and {bris} bear little ressemblence to the English
> > pronunciation of the name.
> >    
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> Well, here in le mergu'e, we pronounce Bruce like lojban brus.
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You should know, but I can't help feeling that you don't. The english is 
pronounced as a rounded schwa, while in lojban, we can only have a 
rounded back or unrounded front or mid. I'd expect the same 
pronunciation in america and a rounded front vowel from an Awstrailian.

Greg