Re: phonemic spellin of "science"

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>Better yet would've been if he'd used <c> = /k/, for /skien'kio/ (or
>even esciencio, /eskien'kio/), or at least esciencio, /estsien'tsio/.
>But, what's done is done.
>
>It's clusters like that that give Esperanto an ugly sound, IMHO.  /sts/,
>/kn/, /kv/ (and why kvar and not kwar?) are hideous, I think.
>
>Of course, /sts/ can also occur in English as in "guests" (or worse yet,
>"guest's story", with /stst/!).
I cant even wrap my tongue around an initial /sts/ sound.

But, i still think Esperanto isnt very pretty sounding to me (my opinion).
Perhaps if it had a prettier sound i'd be more interested in it, but with
it's current sounds, i just cant get into it.


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