On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 07:22:06PM +0200, G Dyke wrote:
> Theodore Reed (bancus) wrote:
> >On Sat, 03 May 2003 11:12:56 +0200
> >G Dyke <gordon.dyke@bluewin.ch> wrote:
> >>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.
> >
> >Well, here in le mergu'e, we pronounce Bruce like lojban brus.
>
> 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.
Where I'm from (Southwest mergu'e), the u in bruce is pronounced
just like the oo in food. (lojban u; brus.).
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