Anyway, regarding being Scottish... personally, I rather prefer my distinctly un-Scottish climate, and though I don't know where Ms Wood lives, I have a hunch she might too... ;o)
Hmmm... would we be able to get away with an IPA [C] instead of the IPA [x] for a lojban "x"? To my rather ham-fisted understanding of such things, the former is pretty close to a unvoiced English "y" or the [hj] sound in "huge", so it's easier on those of us who didn't learn to cough up hairballs during childhood. ;o)
mu'o mi'e .djim.tcitlbarax.
Whoops... thanks for the reminder. I remember that c has a "sh" sound when I'm reading and speaking, but I still flub it up sometimes when I'm typing myself. But that's nothing compared to the x! Hopefully I'll eventually stop sounding like I'm coughing up a hairball.Just become Scottish - it makes life a lot easier! It's the sound we have at the end of "Loch", and the exclamation "ach". I also use it for my surname - I reckon it's closest to an H. mu'o mi'e .kris.xaulet.