tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 06 07:38:17 1997
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RE: ' between vowels
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: RE: ' between vowels
- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 97 10:25:25 EST
ja' 'Iwvan:
>In phonology there is something known as the Maximal Onset Principle,
>which says that in any spoken language words are divided into syllables
>in such a way that as many consonants as possible form a syllable with
>the following rather than the preceding vowel.
Thus the common Terran MISpronunciation of {Qapla'} as "kuh-PLAH". :-(
I go out of my way to keep the {p} at the end of the first syllable,
and start the second syllable with a clear {l}. I prefer to believe
that Klingon phonology violates the MOP; it makes the language sound
much more alien.
However, I too pronounce {taDI'oS} as {ta-DI-'oS}. It's a lot easier
to start a syllable with a consonant. Though it isn't impossible to
say {ta-DI'-oS}, I have to expend a lot of effort to do it.
-- ghunchu'wI'