[was]: names of the elements

[klaus schmirler <KSchmir@online.de>]

Philip Newton schrieb:
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:29:01 +0100, Zefram <zefram@fysh.org> wrote:
>
> > I thought about that too, and came to the opinion that the "g" would
> > have to lose its voicing, yielding "jinmlrontkeni".
>
>
> I'd've picked "jinmlrentkeni", I suppose, since for me [9] is closer
> to [E] (simply the rounded version of it) than to [O].
>
> mu'o mi'e .filip.


Even if it conflates german ä and ö, i like this idea (ü 
would, going by phonetic similarity, become i).

Question: since rounded vowels (except maybe back vowels 
where the difference is hard to hear--i don't know of any 
language that opposes rounded and unrounded back vowels) 
don't exist in lojban, would it be permissible to introduce 
rounded allophones? for instance in order to show that you 
know other languages besides lojban [bashful snickereen on 
my part].

klaus
who still doesn't know a word a lojban because i'm almost 
apalled by lojban's neglect for phonetic considerations 
(constructing words by the letter, whereas i feel that eg tc 
and tl are just two more ways of releasing the t, in 
addition to the--do i guess that right?--permitted allophone 
t').


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