tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 22 20:09:18 2008
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Re: cha' Hol ngeb mu'ghommey Daj vItu'pu'!
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: cha' Hol ngeb mu'ghommey Daj vItu'pu'!
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:08:02 EDT
In a message dated 4/22/2008 21:44:49 PM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
> Second, I have to disagree with you about the pronunciation of compound
> words. To stick with the same English example, there is a very real
> difference between the pronunciations of "blackbird" and "black bird".
> Even when (native speaker) listeners aren't consciously paying attention
> to the pause, they CAN tell the difference. The blank space very much
> DOES change the way you say it. (At least, it does when both versions
> exist. "Ice cream" is spelled as two separate words but pronounced as
> though it were a single word - but no word spelled "icecream" exists.)
>
You're using English for your example, whish is irrelevant in this context to
Klingon.
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