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Pronounciation of " Qapla' "

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• Subject: Pronounciation of " Qapla' "
• Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 09:05:11 EST

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In a message dated 2005-02-01 3:58:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:


> What about {Qapla'} - which all actors and fans, and even some Klingonists, 
> pronounce /ka-PLA/?
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Voragh
> 

With consonants there can be (and usually is) a difference, caused by 
different aspirations and timings between initial and final consonants.  So I think 
{Qap-la'} is pronounced differently from {Qa-pla'}.  On the other hand, since 
Klingon  has no initial consonant clusters, there's no way to tell what 
{Qa-pla'} might sound like when spoken by a native Klingon.  

lay'tel SIvten

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