tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 03 18:33:23 1998
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Re: pongmey
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: pongmey
- Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 21:33:16 -0500 (EST)
I'm still confused, which way am I supposed to spell my name to have it
sound right? In english it's spelled Kasha (slightly odd spelling of it,
even in english. I think my parents tooh that hooked on phonics stuff a
little too far. It's supposed to be spelled Kasia)
Q'aSHa'
Still just as stupid, but thanks for the help
At 02:19 PM 02/01/98 -0800, you wrote:
>At 13:11 98-01-02 -0800, Q'aSHa' wrote:
>
>}I have a really, really stupid question. When do you use "Q" instead of
>}"q", assuming you're not referring to the omnipotent guy?
>
>It is a most excellent question, basic, yes, but important, not stupid.
>
>The Klingon phonetic alphabet is, in as Okrand lists it:
>
>a b ch D e gh H I j l m n ng o p q Q r S t tlh u v w y '
>
>Each of these represents a separate sound of the language. Thus {q} and {Q}
>are as different as "f" and "v" in English. The word {qat} means "wrap" and
>the word {Qat} means "be popular." The word "fat" means overweight and the
>word "vat" represents a tub.
>
>So the answer to your question is simply: use {q} when the word is spelled
>with a {q} and {Q} when the word is spelled with a {Q}.
>
>Thank you for asking. There are probably five people out there glad you
>asked, because they didn't have the guts.
>
>Qov [email protected]
>Beginners' Grammarian
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