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Re: Big Six Revisited... again :/

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Thursday, June 22, 2000, 17:33
Danny Wier wrote:

> 2) The vowel 'o' is similar to [@], which is usually mapped to 'a'. (ka-)
I think that it is better, in English and Russian, to undo the vowel reductions when mapping to an IAL; in this case, leave the "o" as an "o". This also improves recognition from other languages.
> 1) No word may begin with two consonants, so an 'i' is attached to the > beginning. (Isp-) > 2) The 'international' word for Spain is (E)Spania. Add 'ani'. (Ispani-)
Since it is a Spanish word, and Spanish prefixes "e", why not copy them?
> The finished product: _Ispania_.
Not that this is too shabby, since it matches Latin "Hispania". -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@...> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)