Re: accent

[xod <xod@bway.net>]

On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, michael helsem wrote:

> From: "michael helsem" <graywyvern@hotmail.com>
> 
> xod sez:
> > Why couldn't they pronounce "h"? 
> 
> because (h) is not a letter in lojban. names transliterate with (x) by 
> convention. (to create a lojban (h) i write my name: maiky'elsym & i 
> imagine to a native-lojbanist this'd seem as willfully odd as rappers 
> using a numeral for the corresponding syllable-sound.)
> 
> even in the case of vowel-H-vowel, an english word like "knowhow" 
> contains a glottal-stop we don't write, & to hear ly say "no'au" an 
> english auditor would very likely hear "n'wow".

Still, a Lojban native should be able to pronounce the English "h" because
it's identical to the normal pronounciation of the "'" separator.

A Lojban native might have problems pronouncing the "th" sound. I still
think their intonation would sound odd, because at the very least tone is
used differently than in English.


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