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Re: Artyom Kouzminykh: Answes&proposal

From:Christophe Grandsire <grandsir@...>
Date:Thursday, August 26, 1999, 6:27
Artem Kouzminykh wrote:
> > Christophe Grandsire wrote: > > > Well, I don't have that in French (athletIque, synthetIque), so > >why > >should I remember such a useless exception. Well, I made myself the > >Devil's lawyer, but I think that would be a problem for most French that > >often don't even try to stress words correctly in the foreign languages > >they learn. > > Oh, I wonder how the "French" Esperanto sounds like! If French use correct > stress in Esperanto they certainly would be able to do the same in such > conlang as my one. I may be wong, but the stress in the words with -ic- is > _internationnally_ placed on the 3d syllable from the end (Romance langs & > even English), with the only exception - France! >
If you wonder what "French" Esperanto sounds like, you should hear "Japanese" Esperanto. As the Japanese don't make a distinction between r and l, you arrive at things like "saruton". :)
> Artyom Kouzminykh > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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