Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: learning lojban [2]

From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email-masked]>
Date: 5 Sep 2000 01:31:57 -0000

Thus Ivan:

>> Looks plain enough to me: Lojban {djon.} may be a usable
>> lojbanisation of English _Joan_ [dZoUn] is nothing better
>> can be found, but it is not valid to pronounce {djon.} as
>> [dZoUn], only as [dZon] or [dZOn].

A good point. Still, while [dZOn] sounds appropriately "John"-like, the
equally acceptable [dZon], while not quite "Joan", sounds pretty close. If
I heard it spoken as an English word, that's what it would be.

~mark