[86190] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: tera'Daq jIghIQvIS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com)
Sun Jul 5 18:48:58 2009
From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 16:33:16 EDT
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In a message dated 7/5/2009 15:14:08 Eastern Daylight Time,
doq@embarqmail.com writes:
> I can't imagine that a Klingon would transliterate the French "r" as
> an {r} when it is obviously much closer to {gh}. Given that Klingons
> have no "f" nor initial consonant cluster of any form I wonder if a
> Klingon would bother even trying to represent the "fr" as {vIgh}. It
> seems more likely that they'd just drop the "f" as unpronounceable and
> begin the French word "France" with {gh}.
>
bIlughba'.
lay'tel SIvten
