tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 10 21:12:06 1999
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Re: Klingon Phonetics
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, TPO wrote:
> >> 2. Klingon has a restriction that only one consonent can occur in the
> >> coda (the end of a syllable), with the exception of the common "rgh"
> >> construction ["ghargh" (worm) and many others]. Why is it then that when
> >> Klingson borrowed "Picard" from English, it became "pIcarD"?
>
> Wouldn't that be borrowed from French? The character was supposed to be
> from France. (and use q not c. pIqarD)
> I know people that have those "wierd" names like from Czeckloslovakia (sp?)
> and a few other countries. They live in America, speak English, but still
> use the "native" spelling.
>
> >>
> >YES!!! THANKYOU, LORD!!!
> >At last, somebody interested in the stucture of tlhIngan Hol as I am.
> >Johnny B., we simply MUST talk. :-)
> >
> >quljIb
>
> ?? You're not the only two to dicuss this topic.
> Do you have KGT yet?
Alas, no. I'm short on cash right now <*wince*>.
quljIb