tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 05 16:08:40 2002
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Re: Alphabet
charghwI'vo':
> I've run into an interesting variation on this concept with my fiancee.
She's
> originally from Philadelphia, while I'm a native Virginian. She's
fascinated
> that I actually pronounce "where" and "wear" differently. She thinks it is
> charming that I jet a puff of air when I say "where", but I don't when I
> say "wear", and yet she cannot bring herself to do the same.
yaHwIjDaq *Russia*ngan vISov (DaH Russia Dabbe'ba' ghaH). HolQeD HaD 'e'
tIv. pIm "w" "wh" je ghaH vIja'DI', vImermoH. QIt bIH vIjatlh 'ej pIm bIH
'e' QoylaH ghaH.
"weapon" jatlhDI' *Michael Dorn*, jatlh "wheapon." yIQIjchu'chugh DaQoy.
reH teSwIj 'oy' QIchDaj.
> I also remember my philosophy professor who grew up in Georgia swearing
that
> there was no difference between "pen" and "pin". Even when pairs of
students
> would show him that we could pronounce the two words distinctly enough
that we
> could tell the difference, he declared that we were conspiring to pretend
to be
> able to tell the difference when really they were just the same word. He
could
> not hear the difference.
tlhaQ.
SuStel
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