tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 05 13:44:16 1998
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Re: Letter sounds question
- From: Susan Farmer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Letter sounds question
- Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 16:40:37 -0500 (EST)
>
>: I know that in Klingon, the S is frequently referred to as making the "sh"
>: sound. Is this a "true" english "sh" or is it more like a Chinese "x"?
>: For instance, is the pronunciation of \Sa\ more like "sha" or "xa" in Chinese?
>:
>: tevram
>
>Is "xa" the new transcription (Pinyin?) for the old-fashioned (Wade Giles?)
>"hsa"?
>
>Voragh
>(trying to remember the little Chinese he studied 20+ years ago)
>
yep.
tevram