tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 23 12:16:04 2009
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Re: Klingon orthography
- From: "Russ Perry, Jr." <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon orthography
- Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:14:31 -0700 (PDT)
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On Tue, 6/23/09, Michael Roney, Jr. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Huh. Relearn something old every day.
> I shall update my personal dictionary file accordingly.
I don't think Okrand was adding "U" to the orthography, but just
using it to illustrate the difference in pronunciation, so take
it with a grain of salt.
> --Sent from my Palm PreMichael Everson wrote:
>
> On 23 Jun 2009, at 19:30, Michael Roney, Jr. wrote:
>
> > U?
> > Do you have a page number? I don't recall such a
> Klingon letter
>
> Page 139.
>
> ===
> Younger speakers also have a slight tendency to change
> the
> pronunciation of the vowel "a" in nonstressed syllables to
> something
> that sounds a bit like the "u" in Federation Standard
> "but". If this
> sound is transcribed with the Symbol "U", a word like
> "qaleghpu'" ("I
> have seen you") might sound more like "qUleghpu'". This
> particular
> phonological inclination seems particularly bothersome to
> older
> Klingons and is generally considered an error worthy of
> correction.
> Students who speak this way are customarily reprimanded,
> ===
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