tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 09 12:43:07 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] words for the letters
gheyIl:
>> I just discovered the words bay, chay, Day, etc which are used for the
>> sounds of the letters b, ch, D, etc.
Lieven:
> IIRC that was exactly the intention for these syllables. Maltz said that
> these are not the "names" of the letters, but one uses these sound to
> spell words.
I vaguely remember this, but I don't have it in my notes. Lieven, if you've kept it would you post the original post? Thanks.
> Would you be comfortable using these words for the letters themselves
> ... as in spelling out a word?
> {chay' pongwIj vIghItlh? ghay 'et yay 'It lay}
I suppose they could be the names for the tiles in Scrabble, but how else would you use these "words"?
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