ESPERANTO. TO THE EDITOR.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13693, 8 September 1906, Page 15

ESPERANTO. TO THE EDITOR.

Sir.—As .Tour korcspondanto "JabberWoek" again deziras information, with your permcso I shall Iry to respomli. It is 1 a fakto, however " absurilo" it seems to' " Jabberwock," that ouch litero in Esperanto lias one soiind, always. Thero art no osceptoj—no silentaj letters. Each "o" in "oo" (zoologia) is pronounced apartc—simjle to "zo-wo," when said rapide. (Koniparu " co-operate.") Though it. is korekto that every litero is pronounced procizo as written and vico versa, if tho Gcrmano, Franco, ami Anglo should each lironouncs it in his own maniero, wo vroiild have konfnzon as a rezult-ato. So, let " Jablierwock" say "sah-may" for "samo' (with Din akconlo on the first silabo) and-Jic .will Jia.v-oe the perfekt-an Esperant-an pVonunciation. I may informi (to) him that if he l " ho. knpabla of rending this leteroii, and will lem-os tile 30 sufiksojn and preliks-ojn, appearing in this jhiirnalo, ho will hav-os. hundreds of Estimnlaj words with, which'lo komenei. (Ekzemplo—from tho root " lern (learn) we form-as over 300 words.) " Jabberwock," no' doubt, will riccv-os holp-on from the praniatika parngrafo in the Times of Septembro la; but let mo koroktu a lipograJinn ; an, crar-on. "Criz:!' should be chjz" (pronunciation) aiitl ;alsc> "ejo" (snOix) means "place allotted'to."—l am, e ' :t ! Nova Zeala^d-axo.