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Re: [lojban] Re: Transliterations survey

To: "A.W.T." <Ti@fa-kuan.muc.de>
Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Transliterations survey
From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 20:25:15 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com
In-reply-to: <9lc4ci+serc@eGroups.com> from "A.W.T." at "Aug 14, 2001 09:14:58 pm"

A.W.T. scripsit:

> Just asking because I found the common German-Jewish surname pronounced wit=
> h English "th" in N.Y.

raTtcaild (T = English th) is AFAIK the usual pronunciation.

> (and "Koch" {kox} which is "cook" as {kotc}).

I don't know anyone who uses exactly that pronunciation.  Edward Koch, the
former mayor of NYC, says katc, but Kenneth Koch, the poet, says kok.

-- 
John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
	--Douglas Hofstadter

References:
- Re: Transliterations survey
  - From: "A.W.T." <Ti@fa-kuan.muc.de>

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