Re: [lojban] To Polish fellow lojbanists

[Stela Selckiku <selckiku@gmail.com>]

2010/9/30 Krzysztof Sobolewski <jezuch@interia.pl>:
>
> {ei} is a diphtong; we don't have "official" diphtongs in Polish, but
> the difference between "pei" (for {pe'i}) and "pej" (for {pei}) is
> very clear. When I want to be really precise when I'm writing
> "phonetically" using Polish ortography, I write "pe-i" for {pe'i}
> (assuming silent {'}, of course).

I don't mean to be a downer, but I really don't think that inventing
this new (non)pronunciation for {'} is a good idea at all.  You should
just learn to produce one of the official pronunciations of {'}.
We've all had to learn a few new sounds to pronounce Lojban-- {x} and
final {e} and initial {zd} and {ml} caused me trouble at first, for
instance.  We don't always get it right (I certainly don't always) but
we've come to an agreement over time about what's sufficiently
distinct and what's Lojbanic.  It'll do your mouth good to learn
something new anyway.  Both of the usual pronunciations of {'} are
necessary for speaking English properly, for instance (which you've
clearly put some work into studying, since you write it quite well),
as well as many other languages.

mi'e

la stela selckiku

mu'o

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