[390] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Federation Science: An Intelligence Report
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Oct 8 15:25:12 1992
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From: "David E G Sturm, Sturm & Drang Inc." <DSTURM@DUCVAX.AUBURN.EDU>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 12:35 CST
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[re my earlier note on glottal stop...]
Mark is of course right on all counts.
Klingon >S< is not English s or /s/ but /s./.
On the issue of sought and caught/cot, usually an American's pronunciation of
cough will indicate the pronunciation of sought.
Of course for those of you with perfect RP, you've probably got three vowels
in there--a cental unrounded A, a back unrounded a, and a back rounded /a./.
In my idiolect however, it's all /a/, and law, saw, paw, etc. have a glide
/aU/ which doesn't interfere with the glide /&U/ usually written 'ow'.
Of course contrary to popular opinion, American English *is* undergoing a
vowel shift even as we spake.
Dave.
Wonder if Klingon underwent a Great Vowel Shift, or a vowel reduction?
