From: "Betsemes" <betsemes@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org
To: <lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org>
Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: "x" sound
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 08:35:07 -0400
> The "x" sound is made by putting the middle bulge of your tongue against
> the back end of your hard pallate and gargling while forcing air through
> your mouth. It sounds quite disgusting. I think that it's entirely
> possible a native English speaker may never have heard this sound in
> his/her entire life.
>
English is not my native language. I live in Puerto Rico and Spanish is my
native tongue. In Puerto Rico, we have a sound for some words containing
"r"
such as "arroz" that's precisely the sound used for the Klingon "H", so for
me it's just a matter of knowing whether or not Lojban "x" is the same
sound
as Klingon "H" and that's enough. Thanks.