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[lojban-beginners] Re: Schwa.

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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Schwa.
From: "Heath N. Caldwell" <hncaldwell@csupomona.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:22:57 -0800
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On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 03:23:50AM -0800, Opi Lauma wrote:
> coi rodo
>                      I have a very simple question. Does English have sound equivalent to Lojban's ?y? (schwa)? If it is the case, could you pleas give me several examples (words) containing this sound. I thing the first ?A? in ?America? should be Lojban's schwa. Am I right?
>  mu'o mi'e opilaumas
>  

u in up
u in pun
o in from
a in delta

"uh" when someoune says: "Uh, I don't know."

By the way, I speak californian english which means I may pronounce words
differently than other people.  I believe that californian is considered
the proper American english, however.

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Heath Caldwell
hncaldwell@csupomona.edu, GPG-Key-ID: 0x0967843B
Web Programmer
I&IT Web Development - Cal Poly Pomona

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- [lojban-beginners] Re: Schwa. (& California English)
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References:
- [lojban-beginners] Schwa.
  - From: Opi Lauma <opi_lauma@yahoo.com>

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