tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 21 10:33:37 1999

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Re: greetings






[email protected] wrote: According to the usual rules of Klingon >orthography, I
>can't imagine how one could pronounce {S'Q} (or maybe how it could be
>distinguished from {SQ}, which is also impermissible): ' is not a vowel,
>even though people like to use it as a very short vowel in English.  It's a
>consonant.
>
>All that said, it's your name.  Nobody said you HAVE to stick to the rules,
>and people will find some way to pronounce your name.  trI'Qal had a
>consonant cluster at the start of her name, and was our first BG.  Maybe
>your name is from some dialect whose phonology is different.  Maybe you're
>using a slightly different transcription for your name, in which ' can be a
>vowel.  It's up to you.  But realize what rules you are keeping and what
>rules you are breaking and decide what all that adds up to in terms of the
>impression your name makes, and what you want to make of it.


for all intents and purposes, it <S'Q> does not need to be differentiated 
from <SQ> in terms of pronunciation. the <'> is there purely for visual 
purposes, like the "n" in autumn and the "p" in psychology (i know it doesnt 
work like that linguistically, but it gets the point across). to be honest i 
did *not* in fact know that i was breaking these (or any) rules. i am new to 
this tlhIngan Hol, so i am not really familiar with all the nuances of the 
language yet.
but seeing as you are all being so nice about this, and seeing as i like the 
word S'Qal (wrong as it is) so much, i believe i'll take the advantage and 
keep it.

if nothing else it will give you all something to baulk at every time you 
see it!! }}};-))



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