[lojban-beginners] Re: mp3 files: can you help?

[m.kornig@sondal.net]

Selon Karl Naylor <karl.org@gmail.com>:

> On 03/06/07, m.kornig@sondal.net <m.kornig@sondal.net> wrote:
>
> >     (2b) Some of the speakers seem to pronounce diphthongs.
> >          In particular the female voice's "re", "vo" and
> >          "mu" sound a bit like diphthongs. Is this
> >          acceptable/reasonable for listening examples from
> >          which others would learn pronunciation?
>
> I thought that the female {re} sounded like {rei}, too.  I'd be wary
> of putting out audio materials that might get new speakers into the
> habit of pronouncing {e} like {ei}.

I agree.

> Matt's own {re} sounded great to
> me.
>
> Also re vowel length, I personally try to keep my {a} long to avoid
> confusion with {y}, but maybe that's just a peculiarity of my accent
> (ie. perhaps in other accents, a short {a} sounds nothing like {y}).

Yes, let's not forget the sixth Lojban vowel "y". Actually, this
one can be pronounced quite long, too.

Martin