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Re: Place names
- To: John Cowan <cowan@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Raymond <eric@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Tiedemann <est@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>
- Subject: Re: Place names
- From: And Rosta <cbmvax!uunet!UCL.AC.UK!ucleaar>
- Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1992 19:31:37 +0000
- In-Reply-To: (Your message of Mon, 09 Mar 92 18:33:34 W.) <4250.9203090840@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>
- Reply-To: And Rosta <cbmvax!uunet!UCL.AC.UK!ucleaar>
- Sender: Lojban list <cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!pucc.Princeton.EDU!LOJBAN>
Nick quoting Ivan quoting Nick:
> >> ckiper - ckiperia *or* albania - albanias: la tiranas
> >_Albania_ is not the Albanian name for Albania. It shouldn't be used.
> Well, um, how do I put this... I don't 100% buy the "as pronounced/named
> by the natives" argument. ckiperia, maybe. But definitively {london} over
> {lndn} (actually, this'd make a really good debate; I seem to remember
> Colin (or was it And?) already being on the side on {london}.
Yes, I reckon the Lojbanized names should (sometimes) use original spelling,
where original spelling is in roman alphabet. After all, /lndn/ distorts both
spelling and pronuciation, whereas /london/ distorts only pronunciation.
> >> magiar - magiara: la budapect
> >Make that {madiar}. It's closer.
> hey, is that a palatal stop (Upside-down f in IPA)?
Yes.
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And