tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 09 07:30:20 1996
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Re: Glottal stop ['] question(s)
>Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 09:39:07 -0800
>From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
>
>On Wed, 4 Dec 1996 12:40:23 -0800 "Mark E. Shoulson"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> >In other words, in English, the word "attitude" would be spelled
>> >in Klingon {'atItuD} because we ALWAYS start our open vowels
> ^^^^
>> >with a glottal stop, just like Klingons do, except Klingons have
>> >a letter of the alphabet for it and English speakers don't.
>>
>> As has been pointed out, "ALWAYS" may be too strong a term, but your point
>
>My point is that when you pronounce it as {'InInglIS} (Don't
>forget the glottal stop in front of that first {I}), the "E" in
>"English" is no longer an open vowel. We elide in that instance.
Oops, missed the word "open" when I read it. bIlugh.
~mark