Timeline for Why was "kaj" chosen?
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| Dec 9, 2016 at 13:09 | vote | accept | La Vo-o | ||
| Dec 8, 2016 at 9:27 | comment | added | Oliver Mason | I think the difference is that it's a consonant /n/ in English, and a vowel /U/ in German: in the latter you pretty much have to add a glottal stop before pronouncing the next word, whereas in English the /n/ can just glide straight into the next word. But, as I said, it is widely used in written abbreviations. | |
| Dec 8, 2016 at 1:02 | comment | added | La Vo-o | @OliverMason All right, I don't know as much about German but in English one often finds it easier to say an' instead of and, as in rock'n'roll. So in that language there seems to be space for making not only the written form but the pronunciation as well shorter. | |
| Dec 6, 2016 at 9:30 | comment | added | Oliver Mason | Note that the German 'u' is only ever used as an abbreviation in written language, as und can be pronounced just as easily. | |
| Dec 6, 2016 at 2:10 | answer | added | Tomaso Alexander | timeline score: 14 | |
| Dec 6, 2016 at 1:17 | history | asked | La Vo-o | CC BY-SA 3.0 |