tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 07 19:27:22 1997
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: KLINGON LANGUAGE
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLINGON LANGUAGE
- Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 22:27:20 -0400 (EDT)
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]> (message fromMarian Schwartz on Sat, 5 Apr 1997 11:20:26 -0800 (PST))
>Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 11:20:26 -0800 (PST)
>From: Marian Schwartz <[email protected]>
>
>ghItlh SuStel
>>How do you pronounce that? Do you actually say a glottal stop, and then a
>>{q}? That's kinda hard without a vowel in there!
>
>I can't remember off the top of my head, but I seem to recall some new word
>listed in HolQeD 5.4 that has a part spelled <consonant-'-consonant.> You're
>right, Okrand isn't always consistent.
Don't do that. Remember the story of 'I'. If the word exists (I can't
find it), cite the source. Preferably a little more specifically.
I suppose a word like "chaw'mey" has consonant-'-consonant, if it comes to
that. But that's because of the way Klingon syllables are constructed (and
leading some to choose to characterize "chaw'" as a consonant-diphthong-'
and not consonant-vowel-consonant-'. And I DON'T CARE which description
you use, that's another battle I don't want to fight again).
~mark