tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 28 10:19:10 1995
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Re: }} ST Communicator vItu'laHbe'!
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: }} ST Communicator vItu'laHbe'!
- Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 10:19:10 -0400 (EDT)
According to Alan Anderson:
...
> Hmm. I pronounce the beginning of "Dawson" the same way I pronounce
> the beginning of "doggie". Is english "doggie" closer to klingon
> {DawghIy} or {DoghIy}? (I'm getting some strange looks from my son
> as I pronounce each of these repeatedly.) I pick {DawghIy}. As for
> the second syllable, after much muttering, I think {SIn} and {Sen}
> are equally good, and both are better than {Son}.
How about {DaghIy}? Remember that the {a} is like "father" and
not like "Daddy". I pronounce {aw} like "ow" in "dowel" or "ou"
in "ouch".
> But this is all pretty pointless. Names aren't Klingon words, so
> there's no real reason to try to apply Klingon pronunciation to them.
> Some human languages have sounds that aren't used in some other human
> languages; pronunciation can get a bit arbitrary when trying to spell
> names in a languages which don't have a matching set of sounds.
jIQochbe'bej.
> -- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj
charghwI'
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