tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 04 21:16:33 1998
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Re: Letter sounds question
At 09:12 PM 2/4/98 -0800, you wrote:
>I'm not sure about the reference to Chinese, but I do know that the
>Klingon S is sort of halfway between english "s" and "sh", or at least
>that's the impression I got from the cassette.
It's a palatalized s. That means you say an s, but with the tip
of your tongue stuck up in the roof of your mouth.
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