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by msla 1062 days ago
> All of the consonants (b d f g j k l m n p r s t v) are pronounced exactly the same as they are in English. Phew!

"T" as in "Trent" is the same as "T" as in "butter" for this person?

"S" as in "pass" is the same as "S" as in "passion" too?

"G" as in "go" is the same as "G" as in "gel" as well?

There's a reason humans invented the IPA.

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That sounds like they mean the default pronunciation, and those are pretty clear.

C and G have some ambiguity, but they didn't include C and it should be obvious that G is not going to be the same as J.

> There's a reason humans invented the IPA.

99% of people can't use IPA without an example chart.

But also: "Each letter matches its International Phonetic Alphabet pronunciation with the exception of J, which is the English /dʒ/."

> 99% of people can't use IPA without an example chart.

How many % of people who are interested in constructed languages?

"G" as in ".gif", of course! And why not "T" as in "potion". :)