[lojban] Re: Now in mp3

[Llu'is Batlle i Rossell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 07:36:58AM -0500, Craig wrote:
> >How strict is the pronounciation of "e" supposed to be? I notice that some
> of your e's are pronounced (sound to me) either like long e's as >in beet or
> long a's as in mate. Is this acceptible lojban? Are there any cases where it
> can be ambiguous? i.e. do the words "cmeni" or >"zei'a" exist?
> 
> The a of mate in English is a tense lojban e, and is thus acceptable.
> Actually, it's more of an ei, since English tends to dipthongize vowels.
If I had to lojbanize 'mate', I'd write: meit.


> 
> Gismu can differ only in stressed vowel, but not only in unstressed vowel.
Oh, I didn't know about that.

-- 
 "... el quid de la qüestió està en l'educació: en la filosofia didàctica,
  l'opció ignorància hauria d'existir: tu què vols ser? Jo, enginyer; jo, metge;
  jo, ignorant: és a dir, vull aprendre a viure però no vull saber-ho tot."
     -- Pau Riba, entrevista a "Paper de Vidre", núm. 5