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Re: buffer vowel

To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu (Lojban List)
Subject: Re: buffer vowel
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 10:39:53 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <199511151433.JAA23693@locke.ccil.org> from "Ivan A Derzhanski" at Nov 15, 95 03:56:03 pm

la .iVAN. cusku di'e

> When I'm speaking Bulgarian, I always call the river that flows
> through London /'temza/.  It's not that I find the /T/ sound hard
> to pronounce (and I have no problem saying /D@ 'TeImz/ when I'm
> speaking English), [...]

Am I missing some subtle joke here?  As an iggerant American, I was always
taught that "Thames" in that context is /tEmz/, although there are towns
in the U.S. that are called /TeImz/.

-- 
John Cowan					cowan@ccil.org
		e'osai ko sarji la lojban.

References:
- Re: buffer vowel
  - From: Ivan A Derzhanski <iad@BGEARN.ACAD.BG>

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