Daniel44 wrote:
(quoting Christophe)
> for more than 3/5 of the world's population... they just
> sound the same, and that it's no use claiming the contrary. You cannot fight
> the truth."
> Just because two sounds may sound very similar to a person's ear does not
> automatically make those two sounds 'the same'.
Christophe did not say that. He said that for most of the world's
population they SOUND the same.
> My French is not perfect, but I think the 'y' sound in Uusisuom is very
> similar to the 'u' sound in the word 'lune'.
Wasn't the "y" in Uusisuom the u in English "put"? If so, that and /y/
(French _u_) are *very* different.
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