tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 17 06:00:48 1999
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Re: Klingon Phonetics
jIja':
> >> So why didn't Picard become <pIqarID> or <pIqar>?
> >Because Klingons hear it as PEE-KARRDD, or {pIqarD}.
jang Alan Anderson:
> *** RED ALERT ***
>
> The Klingon {I} is not the "ee" sound. It's the short "i" in the
> English word "pin" or "igloo". To approximate a long "i" sound as in
> "margarita", it would have to be an {Iy} combination: {pIyqarD}.
eeeeeeeeeeeh!!!!!
DopDaq qul yIchenmoH ghobDI' ghu'!!
bIlughbej!
I think I was being too short in my explanation again. I know that the
{I} is like in "if" and not like "ee". I only wanted to say that terrans
say PEE-KARRD, and klingons - who have difficulties saying it like that
- say {pIqarD} (or at least write it that way).
French people cannot pronounce the H in "hello", so at the phone they
say "à l'eau"...
*** END RED ALERT *** :-)
Quvar muHwI'