tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 24 15:39:24 1999
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RE: greetings
ja' Holtej:
>That's like saying that <SQ> doesn't need to be differentiated from <SngQ>.
><'> is a consonant, Paramount writers notwithstanding.
>...You're not the first to use a
>name that doesn't follow Klingon phonology. There was {r'Hul}, who argued
>strongly for her name.
Both {S'Qal} and {r'Hul} work similarly for me. {S} and {r} are extended
sounds that I can treat a little like vowels when they precede a stop.
>I try not to think about how I'd pronounce names like {DloraH}. :)
*I* pronounce the {Dl} in {DloraH} as a voiced retroflex {tlh}. He's
never complained about it. :-)
>If nothing else, it will give you a name by which we can come to identify
>you. Enjoy, and welcome!
Agreed. ponglIj DawIv rIntaH. DaH pISovlaH.
-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh