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Re: Klingon phonology in regular expressions

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com)
Wed Mar 26 16:41:11 2008

From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:39:31 EDT
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org

In a message dated 3/26/2008 15:28:16 PM Central Daylight Time, 
doq@embarqmail.com writes:

>  I'm honestly  
> wondering if a Morskan might not say {ha'DIbahoy}. Things elide in  
> other languages that pronounce a consonant differently at the  
> beginning or ending of a syllable. 

Spanish "reloj" can be pronounced without a final <j> (/x/), but the plural 
and other related words have that sound before the endings: /rreloxes/, 
/rreloxera/, and so on.

Morskan may do the same with {oy} added after {H}, pronouncing it as {h} when 
otherwise it would be silent.

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