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Re: [lojban] To Polish fellow lojbanists



Dnia środa, 29 września 2010 o 19:51:00 Jorge Llambías napisał(a):
> Semantic context will often help. There are other distinctions that
> can be just as problematic for other people, so you can count yourself
> lucky if that's the only one that gives you trouble. For Spanish
> speakers s/z, c/j, b/v, and y/e, as well as x/' are often not easy to
> tell apart.

You're right... Except for {'} my language has all the necessary sounds - and many more. But I think I have this one figured out too - if I pronunce {'} as a *voiced* h (not present in Polish, so still needing some getting used to), it suddenly is very distinct :)

Now, how people pronunce {y}... ;)
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