tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 20 23:01:38 2001
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Re: About the {{ ' }}
At 6:54 PM -0500 11/20/01, Tad Stauffer wrote:
>>On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Van Donovan wrote:
>>[tlhIngan Hol compared to Japanese &]
>>[pronunciation of the letter {{ ' }}]
>> > Is the sound you create with ' similar/the same to the sound created when
>> > you use a small "tsu" in a Japanese word (such as 'matte', or 'shitte')?
>From the Japanese that I've studied so far, this comparison sounds correct.
>I believe that the Klingon {ma'tey} (which doesn't mean anything) would be transcribed in Japanese (using the Hepburn system) as "matte" or "mattei". The Klingon word {matey} (meaning "we scrape") would be transcribed in Japanese as "mate" or "matei".
Thanks for ringing in. One thing though... If I think of the Japanese "'",
I still can't imagine how to pronounce the first "'" in "'e'". It's a fine
line, but I picture "'" as pronounced but "tsu" a stoppage of pronunciation.
(Re-caveat: don't pretend to know Klingon; Japanese was 10 years ago).
At 12:30 AM +0000 11/21/01, qIroS wrote:
>I have original CDs of PK and CK. I will post the ISBNs tomorrow when I
>get another look at the cases.
That would be cool. Thanks!
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