tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 03 21:07:33 1996
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Re: Doubled glottal stops
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: Doubled glottal stops
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 00:07:01 -0400
In a message dated 96-06-03 10:02:42 EDT, Sa' qIQwI' wrote:
>>Apparently, Klingons do not pronounce doubled glottal stops twice.
>Okrand is no Klingon, he's just a American - you can't
>expect an American to handle glottal stops 100% correctly.
>
>Do as he *says*, not as he *does*... (c;
You can only expect *linguists* to handle glottal stops 100% correctly,
American or not. And he *doesn't* say how to handle doubled glottal stops.
If he did, I wouldn't have a problem with it.
>Finnish: Ota aihe! sounds like 'ota' 'ayhe'
>You can easily hear four glottal stops.
Finnish is not Klingon. Just because it occurs in Finnish (and since I don't
speak Finnish, I'll just have to take your word for it) doesn't mean it
occurs in Klingon.
*America*ngan jIH 'ej *America*nganpu' DatIchpu'mo' ('ej *America*nganpu'
DatIchtaHqu'mo'), qaqIch! pIj mapupHa'bej, 'ach Human maH neH. qatlh
*America*nganpu' DamuStaH? qatlh nIghIjtaH *America*nganpu'?
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