Subject: RE: [lojban] Word resolution algorithm so far

From: "Jorge Llambias" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 23:40:30 +0000

la kreig cusku di'e

>I don't want to rehash this on the list, but:
>
>How would you lojbanize "Timothy"? "timotis" is clearly wrong - [T] is not 
>a
>stop, and it is possible to use "timo'is", which can be pronounced with the
>correct fricative.

I would lojbanize it as "timotis". A lojban name is not
supposed to sound exactly like the original does anyway,
it can't. "timo'is" will be pronounced by most people
with an "h", it will be pronounced as "th" only by those
who use that pronunciation in other words, of course.
Similarly, "maiky'elsem" will be pronounced with "th"
by those who use that pronunciation. Using "h" for some
words and "th" for others would be strange.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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