tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 20 14:46:26 1996
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Lawrence's pronunciation schtick
- From: David Barron <[email protected]>
- Subject: Lawrence's pronunciation schtick
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 15:46:16 -0700 (MST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen" at Feb 20, 96 02:02:36 pm
>
> Lawrence wrote:
>
> >> Try it some time. Grab a Trek fan at a convention and say ghargh. He/she
> >> will smile and repeat gaH. You'd think they'd at least *hear* the lack of
> >> voicing at the end, or realize that the initial and final sounds are the
> >> same, but, nope. Doesn't work that way. At least, not in my experience.
> >
> majiq replied:
>
> > Hey! I even spend about 5 minutes with Lawrence trying to pronounce this
> > word correctly and I STILL don't think I can hear the sounds...
> >
> > I think this would be a GREAT session for the qep'a' wejDIch!
>
> This would be quite doable. I'm happy to do my pronunciation schtick (it's part
> of the talk I normally give at conventions) as well as some impromptu
> instruction on basic articulatory phonetics. And, if Holtej and marqem are
> there, well, they'll keep me honest. :)
Great! While you are there you can demonstrate how an "unvoiced vowel"
sounds like.
>
> Lawrence
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