tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 23 08:04:31 2003
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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?
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(This is in the New Words list)
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