Re: [lojban] CLLv1.1 goes out on Monday, 12 Oct 2015

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Sunday, October 11, 2015 09:57:58 Pierre Abbat wrote:
> I don't think there is. In my idiolect, which is a mix of different American
> dialects without the cot-caught merger, /o/ is diphthongized except before
> /r/, /ɔ/ is distinct, and /o/ and /ɒ/ contrast except before /r/. Rhotic
> speakers may have trouble separating /o/ from following /r/. Non-rhotic
> dialects do something different with /or/.

On further thought, how about "boll"? I have twelve vowels (not counting 
phonemic diphthongs and r-colored vowels) and a word for each preceded by /b/ 
and followed by /l/. However, some speakers may pronounce it the same as 
"bowl", diphthongizing it.

Pierre
-- 
loi mintu se ckaji danlu cu jmaji

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.