[85204] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: KLBC: New to the List
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Tue Dec 9 09:55:03 2008
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:52:09 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
In-reply-to: <C305E6BD33E2654DAE1F8F403247B6A6916A89F568@EVS02.ad.uchicago.edu>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Steven Boozer wrote:
> DloraH:
>> But in {qarDaS} and {qarDaSya'} the r and the D are in separate
>> syllables. qar-DaS, qar-DaS-ya' All being CVC.
>
> I noticed that too but even so, this is the only example of a
> *non-suffixed* noun with the string {-arD-} -- and it's another
> foreign name. Apparently it's pronounceable but, for some reason,
> uncommon. This may be significant, or it may just be a coincidence
> due to the small size of the known vocabulary. (And yes, I know that
> forms like {tarDaq} "in the poison", {DI'qarDaq} "toward D'Kar",
> {ghISnarDaq} "on the grishnar cat", etc. are possible.)
There are a number of not-very-pronounceable consonant combinations,
some of which appear in the vocabulary. (I haven't the time to look for
examples right now.) One example is {-nD-}. I remember one Klingonist
who called herself SanDar, and we had a conversation at qep'a' loSDIch
about how difficult it was to position the tongue correctly to say her
name. She took a perverse pleasure in this, I think. :)
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SuStel
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