The Fifty United States, etc.

["Mark E. Shoulson" <shoulson@CTR.COLUMBIA.EDU>]

>Date:         Fri, 5 Aug 1994 19:02:50 -0500
>From: Jack Waugh <WAUGH%ACM.ORG@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU>

>USA pronunciation of no name nor word ever ends in anything
>like the Lojban sound /a/.  The ends of American names spelled
>with "a" on the end should be Lojbanized with "y".

Or else drop the "y" altogether, rather than adding an extraneous
consonant.  That's oftn a nice option (Alabama as .alybam. or .elybam. or
whatever).  It can sound more natural.

~mark