tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 07 18:18:00 1999
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RE: Klingon phonetics..
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Klingon phonetics..
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 19:19:19 -0700
jatlh Zrajm C Akfohg:
>> I also would like to know whether {q} should be
>> aspirated or not (seems logical, all other [ie {p}
>> and {t}] voiceless stops are).
jang ~mark:
> I wonder how many Klingonists are careful to aspirate
> those stops? I know I'm not. I bet they usually come
> out fine in syllable-initial position, and Klingon
> doesn't have syllable-initial consonant clusters, but
> I bet I don't aspirate them word- or syllable-finally.
> Then again, perhaps Klingons don't either; it isn't
> like they need the contrast: there are no unaspirated
> stops for them to contrast with. Any Indian Klingonists
> out there? (insofar as it matters to me, I'm inclined
> to believe {q} is aspirated as {p} and {t} are).
I'm pretty certain I *don't* aspirate any of them, at least as well and as
often as I should. I'm improving, but it's a slow process.
> (BUT, beware of what happens to syllable-final /t/s! Many
> of us English-speakers regularly reduce them to glottal
> stops, and I learned that was a mistake the hard way at
> the qep'a', as I posted not long ago).
This really can get you into trouble. After the last qep'a', I became fairly
conscious of this, and have started trying to improve. It has even affected
my English.
pagh
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