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.).