[85797] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon orthography
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Everson)
Tue Jun 23 14:40:52 2009
From: Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com>
In-Reply-To: <4a411f5a.02578c0a.5ae5.ffffae4c@mx.google.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:39:30 +0100
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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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.
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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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Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
