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On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 08:42:29PM -0000, uaxuctum wrote: > I don't see any good reason why "kan tsa" should have to > be pronounced the same as "kan sa". It's not that it _should_ have to, but as a result of the way the tongue moves from one sound to the next, it is. When you say "n" and then "s", you get an involuntary "t" in between. > "kan tsa" would sound > like an Esperanto word "kanca", which by no means sounds > just like "kansa". Or is is that you would pronounce > "kan sha" the same as "kan cha"? Yes, I would. Are you capable of doing otherwise, without a pause in between? The best I can do is to make the 'sh' part longer in "kan sha" than in "kan cha". The combinations "nts", "ntc", "ndz", and "ndj" are banned from Lojban for this reason. -- Rob Speer