tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 03 11:19:18 1997
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: ' between vowels
> >Would I look at it as <ta-DI'-oS> or <ta-DI-'oS>?
> >If I'm not mistaken, the two *would* sound different.
>
> Would they? Why any more than "A-ni-ta" vs. "An-it-a" for the name
> "Anita"?
I'd have to disagree with your analogy. For us English speakers,
it doesn't really matter, as we'll say "'oS" due to our built-in gutteral
stop for vowels. Where it really matters is for the "DI" part. If it's
<ta-DI'-oS>, the <I> will be shortened. If <ta-DI-'oS>, it would sound
normally.
SuStel, any comments?
_______________________________________
/ _ \ \ ** Andrew Netherton **
\__)| "VENI, VIDI VINNIE" \ __ jo'Sqa, tlhIngan SuvwI'
\ I came, I saw my cousin. |(_ \ Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
\___________________________________\___/ (519) 885-2717