[lojban] Re: Lojban for Beginners lesson 12 answers

[Cyril Slobin <slobin@sksys.net>]

On Sun, 12 Jun 2005, Opi Lauma wrote:

> I do not understand why transformation ?o? into ?a? is ?reduction?. 
> For example in German ?sch? should be pronounced like Lojban?s ?c? and 
> this sound is not reduction of three sounds (?s?, ?c?, and ?h?) this 
> sound (Lojban?s ?c?) has nothing common with sounds corresponding to 
> letters ?sch?. It is a rule of reading. The same story is with the 
> first ?o? in {la moskov}. It stays there only because of historical 
> reasons and has nothing common with sound ?o?.

Most of the russians doesn't recognise this rules of reading. If you ask 
average russian, wich sound is after "m" in "moskva", he replies "o". Of 
cousre it is lie, but sincere lie. Average russian is not trained in 
making transcriptions and sincerely belives that it all sounds as it is
written. Most communication in lojban today is written, not spoken, and 
"maskva" or something alike is just unrecognizable by native speakers.

-- 
Cyril Slobin <slobin@sksys.net>


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