tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 18 13:33:15 1996
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Re: q and Q (was: help with this.)
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>Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 07:26:53 -0800
>From: "d'Armond Speers" <[email protected]>
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>> >Denny Shortliffe writes:
> As it happens, Denny, many of us have, at the various /qep'a'mey/. I have
>a hard time distinguishing between ~mark's /q/ and /Q/, even though he has
>been described as one of the best pronouncers of Klingon. And I'm a
>linguist! (Not a polyglot, though I have studied many languages).
You have trouble with my q's and Q's? Always the last to know... like
having body odor or something. :) Yes, I have been described as one of the
best pronouncers, for latecomers, and by none other than Okrand. But I
suppose sometimes even I (and Dr. O) will get a little lax on a Q or a
little strong on the aspiration of q (after all, q *is* supposed to be
aspirated).
"Leakage" isn't TOO bad a word... until you nail the concept down a little
better. In many ways, an affricate is like a stop that "leaks" into a
fricative.
Dare I say that Lawrence has always believed Q to be a fricative, but with
a different point of articulation than H? :) At least he used to. It
sounds affricate to me, though.
~mark
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