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RE: KLBC: tlhingan Hol vIghojmeH Sajatlh



> Judging on what I have seen of some recent Klingon words, it would seem that 
> the most neutral vowel in Klingon is probably /I/, as you suggest. The 
> borrowings/puns from English that have been proposed for the following
> words seem to back this up:
> 
> DIron:       from English "drone".
> ghIlaSnoS: from English/Russian "glasnost".
> vIlInHoD:   from English "Captain Flint".
> 
> Wherever an English initial consonant cluster occurs, it seems to usually be 
> separated by /I/ in its Klingon form. Can anyone else think of more
> examples of this occurrence?

SIq

(This is in the New Words list)

DloraH


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