[85804] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon orthography
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Roney, Jr.)
Tue Jun 23 15:24:18 2009
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:23:03 -0400
From: "Michael Roney, Jr." <nahqun@gmail.com>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
In-Reply-To: <173910.82570.qm@web80501.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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I have all of the pronunctiation notes at the beginning of that section. That quote will go there. If I ever write in "child speak", I'll know of the alternate, yet wrong, pronunctiation.
I'll treat it like M or N.
~naHQun
-Michael Roney, Jr.
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--Sent from my Palm PreRuss Perry, Jr. wrote:
On Tue, 6/23/09, Michael Roney, Jr. wrote:
> Huh. Relearn something old every day.
> I shall update my personal dictionary file accordingly.
I don't think Okrand was adding "U" to the orthography, but just
using it to illustrate the difference in pronunciation, so take
it with a grain of salt.
> --Sent from my Palm PreMichael Everson wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> ===
> 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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