tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 14 23:31:27 1996
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Re: diphthongs (was Re: <K'>vaD)
- From: [email protected] (Denny Shortliffe)
- Subject: Re: diphthongs (was Re: <K'>vaD)
- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 02:31:17 -0500
>
>> >In
>> >any case, the point is that the name {mayq} doesn't end in {yq} though
>> >it may look like it does. In fact, it ends in {q} since the {ay} group
>> >is indivisible.
> IMHO, {ay} is neither a group, nor a diphthong. It is one letter.
>Consider the greek word 'phos'. In greek, it has only three letters, but
>when it is translitereated into Roman letters, one of the letters is expanded
>into two. This would certainly be an 'illegal' word if the letters were
>considered separately, since the 'h' sound occurs only at the beginnings of
>words. When one considers this, it would appear that {mayq} is a three-letter
>ord with a perfectly legal consonant-vowel-consonant structure.
I couln't have said it better myself (which is obvious since I had the
chance and didn't!).
Qapla'
qrlIH veStaySortlhIH Sogh la' Lt. Commander K'rlikh Vestai-Shor-Klikh
tlhIngan wo' Duj qIj leng ra'wI' Commanding Officer, IKV Black Odyssey
Qanpu' pogh DuQ cha'DIch ra'wI' Deputy C.O., Mailed Glove Squadron
a.k.a.
--
Denny Shortliffe