tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 03 16:00:33 1997
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RE: ' between vowels
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: ' between vowels
- Date: Fri, 3 Jan 97 23:33:28 UT
January 03, 1997 2:21 PM, jatlh jo'Sqa:
> > >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?
Me?
What I really need to know is which syllable taDI'oS stresses. I agree with
~mark that the syllable breakup must be <ta-DI-'oS> in order to conform to
known Klingon syllables, (record-rubble-represent? :). If he stresses the
first syllable, as I would expect "Thaddeus" to be stressed (am I wrong?),
then I really can't make out the difference in length of the {I}.
If the *middle* syllable is stressed, then I can hear the difference.
It's also hard to hear the difference if the third syllable is stressed. Mind
you, I'm specifically not adding another glottal stop in the <ta- DI' -oS>
version. I've got to concentrate to do it, but I *can* do it.
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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