Re: "lojbab"

[HACKER G N <c9709244@ALINGA.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU>]

On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Logical Language Group wrote:

> >Our
> >English spelling for the Lojban word "lojbab" would presumably be
> >something like "lozhbub"! :)
>
> I hope not.  The unstressed "a" in "lojbab" should not be reduced to a schwa.

But the unstressed "a" in "lojbab" is not reduced to a schwa in "lozhbub";
it's just shortened, but it's still taut. If we really wanted to, we
could say "lozhbarb" to make it longer, but "lozhbahb" looks a bit off.
But the real sound, I take it, is somewhere in between.

Geoff