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Hx lovers unite!

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tiberius (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 14 Rusama 2009 16:39:45

Hx is a very underutilized letter. Hx and Jx are the coolest sounds in the langugae, and should be encouraged.

I propose we reintroduce Hx forms like monahxo instead of monako and hxemio instead of kemio.

I also felt that we should use Hxristo instead of Kristo to better reflect the greek origin of the word.

jchthys (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 14 Rusama 2009 16:50:08

Ĥ-ambivalents unite! The lowercase ĥ is just too ugly.

darkweasel (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 14 Rusama 2009 18:14:10

Jh isn't a cool sound IMO. okulumo.gif But Hh is! Personally, I'm never sure when exactly I could use hh instead of k - anyone got a list of hh-words? (Yes, including things like arhhitekturo!) But, I really feel hh is underused!

And no, the argument about how the sound is too difficult to pronounce doesn't count because that's a question of your native language background! For me, hh is MUCH easier than for example distinguishing "sh" from "jh", "gh" from "ch" or "s" from "z"!

Oŝo-Jabe (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 14 Rusama 2009 23:41:05

Here is the most complete list of ĥ words that I could compile (please forgive any typos):

abĥazo
aĥ
aĥabo
aĥaŝveroŝo
aĥeno
aĥerono
aĥilo
alĥemio
arĥitekturo
bakĥanalio
Bakĥo
Berĥeno
Betleĥemo
ĉeĥo
ĉeĥoslovako EDIT!(ĉekoslovaĥo)
eĥo
Ĥabakuko
ĥaldeo
ĥameleono
ĥano
Ĥanoh
ĥilo
ĥino
ĥaoso
ĥemio
ĥimero
ĥolero
ĥoro
iĥtiokolo
jaĥto
Jeriĥo
kazaĥo
Liĥtenŝtejno
maĥo
mariĥuano
Mastriĥo
meĥaniko
Miĥaelo
monaĥo
monarĥo
paroĥo
Psiĥo
siĥo
Taĥo
traĥeo
Utreĥto

awake (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 15 Rusama 2009 01:31:40

tiberius:Hx is a very underutilized letter. Hx and Jx are the coolest sounds in the langugae, and should be encouraged.

I propose we reintroduce Hx forms like monahxo instead of monako and hxemio instead of kemio.
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There's really no need to reintroduce the hx sound. Those words are part of the fundamento, the immutable unchanging base of our language. They'll always be part of Eo and we can use them whenever we wish.

ceigered (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 15 Rusama 2009 01:48:01

What, the double-h lovers have a fan club? I feel left out, I'm gonna go find people like me who want to repopulate the Esperanto dictionary with Japanese neologisms rido.gif.

Personally though, I think the only reason people (kinda like me) find hh/hx hard is because there is never a good deal of information on how to make the sound if you don't have any exposure to it. I mean, jx etc we all know because it's in our language, but hx... Hx gets under appreciated in the world of linguistics I think (for english speakers). Along with H (for primarily romance-language speakers).

R2D2! (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 15 Rusama 2009 03:32:23

Oŝo-Jabe:Here is the most complete list of ĥ words as I could compile (please forgive any typos):
Don't forget “Meĥıko” rido.gif . I don't understand why my country's name in other languages is based on writing rather than pronunciation.

—Ilhuıtemoc δ

Jasminka (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 15 Rusama 2009 16:39:05

R2D2!:
Oŝo-Jabe:Here is the most complete list of ĥ words as I could compile (please forgive any typos):
Ne forgesu “Meĥıko”-n rido.gif . Mı ne komprenas tıon, ke la nomo de mıa lando en alıaj lıngvoj estas bazıta sur la skrıbo kaj ne sur la prononco.

—Ilhuıtemoc δ
Please, translate your message in English.

Matthieu (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 15 Rusama 2009 16:43:33

Oŝo-Jabe:ĉekoslovaĥo
I suppose you mean ĉeĥoslovako. okulumo.gif

RiotNrrd (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 15 Rusama 2009 17:10:17

jchthys:Ĥ-ambivalents unite! The lowercase ĥ is just too ugly.
I'm with you on this one. The ĥ has to be one of the ugliest letters I've ever seen. This is regardless of its sound (which is a fine sound, and one that, with years of German under my belt, I can pronounce easily enough). The letter just looks awful.

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