[lojban-beginners] Re: Hello

["Kio M. Smallwood" <sekenre@ukfsn.org>]

Cool!

So my Lojban-ised name is
{curv cmakemricfois}
That's not too bad, it's better than putting a consonant at the end of my 
first name.

Thanks everyone!

I seem to have started a bit of a discussion on the Scots dialect. In 
day-to-day experience the "x" sound in Scotland is found most frequently in 
place names and regional slang e.g.;

Auchtermuchty
Och Aye the Noo!

If you listen to a Scots Gaelic radio station you may note that this sound is 
as frequent as the english "th" sound.

There is a fairly robust group of communities in Scotland that still speak 
Gaelic, mostly based in the Western Isles and Shetland. In some of these 
places English is very rarely used. The radio stations are mainly for their 
benefit, and to promote use of the language further.
(Maybe we should have a lojban radio station!?)

One thing that makes Gaelic so robust, is that it is a particularly beautiful 
language for singing. Although you are more likely to hear Irish Gaelic in 
song there are a few bands that have had great success in using Scots Gaelic.
Try; http://www.capercaillie.co.uk/
and; http://www.runrig.co.uk/

Has anyone tried to sing in lojban yet?

Anyway, I have another question.
Is their a particular reason why lojban has no "th" sound? Are their sounds, 
which are common in other languages, that lojban has deliberately avoided?

Thanks,
curv

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