[lojban-beginners] Re: mi tadni la lojban

[Jon MacLeod <eye_onus@yahoo.com>]

--- Jordan DeLong <fracture@allusion.net> wrote:
> 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.).
> 
Everywhere in the U.S. that I've been, Bruce is pronounced 'broos', which
Lojbanized, would be brus.

-Jon

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