tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 12 10:06:46 1997
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Re: Letters (again)
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: Letters (again)
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 13:06:35 -0500 (EST)
> >How do you pronounce the ' and thank you for all your help
>
> {'} is pronounced exactly like {p}, but at the other end of the mouth. :-)
> It sounds like a quiet cough.
>
> It's an unvoiced glottal "stop", which means that a) the vocal cords don't
> vibrate while saying it; b) it is made very far back in the throat, even
> farther back than {q}; and c) the flow of air is cut off completely for a
> moment then released with a sort of "puff".
>
> -- ghunchu'wI'
In the beginning while practicing Klingon pronunciation I always thought of a
letter which I didn't pronounce.
say my name as if there were a "q" at the end but don't pronounce it :-)
(I notice this sounds confusing, but it helped me!)
muHwI' = *muHwIq* without the last letter (the last sound!). It's like when
you want to say a word and then you just STOP saying it. say "look" and stop
really short before the "k" sound. It will sound like {lu'}. If this is too
confusing for anyone, forget it. I do it this way and it works!
muHwI'
IKV Fek'lhr
http://members.aol.com/Lieven/