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Subject: CHAT: Re: [lojban] ... On second thought
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From: Nick NICHOLAS <nicholas@uci.edu>


cu'u la djan.

>> Americans don't say kar,l for Carl, either, right?

>Well, I do.

I guess I really do have a tin ear, then.

>(Hey, if you can pronounce cup and carp the same except for
>vowel length, why not?)

... Omigawd. I don't think I do anymore. (And it's a trait of Australian
English I'm so proud of, too --- that we have not one, but two picture
perfect low central vowel phonemes.) .i mi za'o stali lo gugde pe loi
cizra bacru ...

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