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The Fifty United States, etc.
- To: Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@access.digex.net>
- Subject: The Fifty United States, etc.
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <shoulson@CTR.COLUMBIA.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 11:52:41 -0400
- In-reply-to: Jack Waugh's message of Fri, 5 Aug 1994 19:02:50 -0500 <199408060005.UAA19869@sirius.ctr.columbia.edu>
- Reply-to: "Mark E. Shoulson" <shoulson@CTR.COLUMBIA.EDU>
- Sender: Lojban list <LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET>
>Date: Fri, 5 Aug 1994 19:02:50 -0500
>From: Jack Waugh <WAUGH%ACM.ORG@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>
>USA pronunciation of no name nor word ever ends in anything
>like the Lojban sound /a/. The ends of American names spelled
>with "a" on the end should be Lojbanized with "y".
Or else drop the "y" altogether, rather than adding an extraneous
consonant. That's oftn a nice option (Alabama as .alybam. or .elybam. or
whatever). It can sound more natural.
~mark