tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 14 13:10:34 1995
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Re [2]: Q
- From: "Christian Matzke" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re [2]: Q
- Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 16:14:20 -0500
- Comments: Authenticated sender is <[email protected]>
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On 14 Nov 95 at 10:23, William H. Martin <[email protected]>
wrote:
> It gives it a realistic randomness to the sounds. I can hear
> classrooms echoing across Qo'noS:
>
> 'ayyyy
> bI' chI' DI' 'eyyyyyy
> ghI', HIyyyyy...
> 'I' jI' lIy' me' na' 'oyyyyy
> pIyyyyyy
> qe' QIyyyyy
> re' SI' te' tlhI' 'uyyyyy
> va' wI' yI'
> 'u'o'.
Weeeeeeee! That was fun! I actually caught myself singing this!
I have been asked many times what the names of the
letters are, and to me it really cheapens the language to say: "um, well, there
isn't one.", or to have to refer to the sounds with clunky expressions
like "big Q" or "the letter 'tlh'". Even an informal arrangement like
this is helpful.
> chI' 'ay re' ghI' wI' 'I'
me' 'ay SI' qe' 'ay 'u'o'
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"Had I not known that I was dead already,
I would have mourned the loss of my life"
-Ota Dokan, Japanese poet
(written while a knife protruded from his chest)
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