Re: Two questions about Esperanto
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, July 5, 2004, 23:45 |
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On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 08:27:53PM +0200, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Since, apparently, no-one is ditching h^ completely, what's the point in
> dropping in some words?
Ease of pronunciation of at least those words, plus enhanced
recognizability of those words by speakers of languages such as English
(others? Italian maybe?) where /x/ -> /k/ in their cognates.
And I understand there are some Esperanto-speakers who do ditch ĥ completely,
replacing it with either k or h depending on which one is unambiguous.
Though I don't know if there are any triples distinguished solely by
/h/ vs. /x/ vs. /k/, or what such speakers would do when confronted by
one.
-Markos
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