[lojban-beginners] Pronunciation problems I have

[Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com>]

As a resident of the southern USA, but with far less
accent than many, I have some significant problems
with pronunciation. Most, I think, have to do with
being an English speaker in general rather than
American English in particular.

A terminal {a} I tend to pronounce as "uh" (or {y})
rather than "ah." I know better, it's just a little
difficult.

A terminal {i} I have no problem with, but one in the
middle comes out as an English short i if I am not
careful -- thus {cipni} comes out as "ship knee" rather
than "sheep knee."  :)

Similarly I have a tendency to pronounce a terminal {e}
as {ei} for some reason. Or sometimes even a nonterminal
one, e.g. {lenu} as "laynoo." (Sorry!)

Somewhere (in LFB?) I read that "Alabama" could not be
rendered as .alabamas. because it contains "la" -- not
legal for cmene. It was suggested that .alybamas. might
work. I realized then that when I was {.alabamas.}, I
was already saying {.alybamas.} anyway. Oops!

Anyone else have certain characteristic problems with
Lojbanic pronunciation?


Hal