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

[m.kornig@sondal.net]

Selon Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com>:

> On 6/4/07, m.kornig@sondal.net <m.kornig@sondal.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Dramatic performance for numbers like "one", "two", "three"? You
> > must be kidding...
> >
> > Does it make sense to pronounce "pa" and "mu" with a short
> > vowel and the other numers with long vowels? I don't think so.
> >
> > Martin
> >
>
> What I tried to do was speak each number as a separate recording, but my
> girlfriend did not. She quickly counted all five numbers as one recording,
> then went back to cooking herself some breakfast. When a person counts down,
> they often treat the string of numbers like a sentence, vocally: start at a
> higher pitch and end at a lower pitch. That's what she did. Vowel length
> might go into this as well. "Dramatic performance" was not the best phrase
> to describe these choices, but it was the best one I could think of at the
> time.

Okay, Matt. I didn't meant to critizise anybody in general and
not your girlfreind in particular. I was actually thinking of
Hans' recordings.

Cheers, Martin