Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Transliterations survey

From: John Cowan <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 20:25:15 -0400 (EDT)

A.W.T. scripsit:

> Just asking because I found the common German-Jewish surname pronounced wit=
> h English "th" in N.Y.

raTtcaild (T = English th) is AFAIK the usual pronunciation.

> (and "Koch" {kox} which is "cook" as {kotc}).

I don't know anyone who uses exactly that pronunciation. Edward Koch, the
former mayor of NYC, says katc, but Kenneth Koch, the poet, says kok.

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John Cowan [email-masked]
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