tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 03 12:20:17 1999
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Re: pa'mey wamtaHqu'!
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: pa'mey wamtaHqu'!
- Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 15:20:10 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Priority: NORMAL
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999 02:19:07 -0400 [email protected] wrote:
> charghwI' jatlh:
> > While I do understand your message, I have to comment that you
> > misspell a lot.
>
> jISov. Interestingly, my rather "consistant" misspelling of <ghot> as <ghut>
> comes from how I pronounce the plural <ghotpu'>. IOW vowel assimilation
> occurs. When I type I "hear" myself saying the word in my mind and it comes
> out <ghutpu'>.
Unlike Turkish, Klingon has no vowel harmony. Also, since most
root verbs and most nouns are monosylobic, mostly
consonant-vowel-consonant in form, the vowel becomes crucial.
While in this case the misspelling was obviously a misspelling,
in many case, you'll find yourself spelling the wrong word
correctly.
> quljIb
charghwI' 'utlh