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on 2/11/02 6:31 PM, Alexander Browne at alexbrowne@hidden.email wrote: > > I like the digraph for other languages' sounds idea. I was trying to > think of something different that other letters for which it could be > used, and you beat me to it. It might look odd it certain words, but > it beats totally bastardizing foreign words when they are wanted > close to original. > > This leads to a opinion of mine: I prefer it that foreign words have > their sounds retained vs. their spellings retained. As do I. Now, when they're flat-out borrowed, given that Txeqli lacks some sounds, we can opt for sight-familiarity. English gun > Tx gun, pronounced 'goon,' of course. -- >PLEASE NOTE MY NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS: rmay@hidden.email > Rex F. May (Baloo) > Daily cartoon at: http://www.cnsnews.com/cartoon/baloo.asp > Buy my book at: http://www.kiva.net/~jonabook/gdummy.htm > Language site at: http://www.geocities.com/ceqli/Uploadexp.htm