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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: mongDech
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI')
Sat Oct 10 16:03:55 2015
From: ghunchu'wI' <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
In-Reply-To: <E9E8A9E7-E465-40D5-97D1-30A313A2B704@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 16:03:39 -0400
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On Oct 10, 2015, at 11:13 AM, Tori Lucier Miller <thefuturequeenofnebraska@g=
mail.com> wrote:
> Anyone want to help the new girl out and give me some pronunciation help? :=
)
The way we write Klingon is a completely phonetic representation of the soun=
ds. As long as you recognize that the character combinations {ch}, {gh}, {ng=
}, and {tlh} are each considered single letters, every letter always has bas=
ically the same sound whenever it appears.
{mongDech} is six letters:
{m} sounds as you would expect, like in milk or home.
{o} is the "long o" of oat or smoke or throw.
{ng} is like the end of song or ring, but be careful not to add a hard "g" s=
ound after it.
{D} is probably familiar to native English speakers as the stereotypical Eas=
t Indian D as in New Delhi. It's a "retroflex" sound, meaning the tongue tou=
ches the roof of the mouth much farther back than the ridge behind the teeth=
.
{e} is a typical "short e" as in echo or pet.
{ch} is like chew or reach.
The proper pronunciation of Klingon is described at the beginning of Zthe Kl=
ingon Dictionary. Several web pages give a good overview as well, includin h=
ttp://www.kli.org/about-klingon/sounds-of-klingon/
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>> On Oct 10, 2015, at 10:00 AM, qurgh lungqIj <qurgh@wizage.net> wrote:
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>> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, October 10, 2015
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>> Klingon word: mongDech
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: collar
>> Source: TKD (95 KE, 125 EK)
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>> This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@wizage.net=
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>On Oct 10, 2015, at 11:13 AM, Tori Luc=
ier Miller <<a href=3D"mailto:thefuturequeenofnebraska@gmail.com">thefutu=
requeenofnebraska@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote t=
ype=3D"cite"><div><span>Anyone want to help the new girl out and give me som=
e pronunciation help? :)</span><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Th=
e way we write Klingon is a completely phonetic representation of the sounds=
. As long as you recognize that the character combinations {ch}, {gh}, {ng},=
and {tlh} are each considered single letters, every letter always has basic=
ally the same sound whenever it appears.</div><div><br></div><div>{mongDech}=
is six letters:</div><div>{m} sounds as you would expect, like in milk or h=
ome.</div><div>{o} is the "long o" of oat or smoke or throw.</div><div>{ng} i=
s like the end of song or ring, but be careful not to add a hard "g" sound a=
fter it.</div><div>{D} is probably familiar to native English speakers as th=
e stereotypical East Indian D as in New Delhi. It's a "retroflex" sound, mea=
ning the tongue touches the roof of the mouth much farther back than the rid=
ge behind the teeth.</div><div>{e} is a typical "short e" as in echo or pet.=
</div><div>{ch} is like chew or reach.</div><div><br></div><div>The proper p=
ronunciation of Klingon is described at the beginning of Zthe Klingon Dictio=
nary. Several web pages give a good overview as well, includin <span st=
yle=3D"font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; w=
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osition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust:=
none; "><a href=3D"http://www.kli.org/about-klingon/sounds-of-klingon/">htt=
p://www.kli.org/about-klingon/sounds-of-klingon/</a></span></div><div><br></=
div><div>-- ghunchu'wI' </div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><span>=
</span>Le <br><span>Sent from my iPhone</span><br><span></span><br><blo=
ckquote type=3D"cite"><span>On Oct 10, 2015, at 10:00 AM, qurgh lungqIj <=
<a href=3D"mailto:qurgh@wizage.net">qurgh@wizage.net</a>> wrote:</span><b=
r></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><bloc=
kquote type=3D"cite"><span>Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, October 10,=
2015</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span></span><br></bl=
ockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>Klingon word: mongDech</span><br></=
blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>Part of speech: noun</span><br></=
blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>Definition: collar</span><br></bl=
ockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>Source: TKD (95 KE, 125 EK)</span><=
br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blo=
ckquote type=3D"cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite=
"><span>This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (<a href=3D"=
mailto:qurgh@wizage.net">qurgh@wizage.net</a>).</span><br></blockquote><bloc=
kquote type=3D"cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"=
><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span></span><br></=
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