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Re: Pronunciation ...
- Subject: Re: Pronunciation ...
- From: xod <xod@bway.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 14:16:11 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 11 Apr 1999 C.D.Wright@solipsys.compulink.co.uk wrote:
>
> I've just spoken with a linguist friend who, upon being
> told that the lojban vowels are tensed, widely spaced,
> and not easily confused with the schwa, came up, without
> significant prompting, with
>
> /u/ boot, toot, flute, chute
> /o/ top, cot, motley, monster
> /i/ clean, green, machine
> /e/ bet, lens, enemy
> /a/ cat, bat, mat, dab, action
>
In my opinion, the /o/ and /a/ are not correct.
/o/ awful, portion, or, gnaw
/a/ is the sound you'll hear me saying in "top" and "father" when you get
access to a sound card; the "a" in the Spanish "manana"; what you list
here as /o/.
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