[86377] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: News from Maltz
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI')
Wed Jul 29 22:26:32 2009
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From: "ghunchu'wI'" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:15:25 -0400
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Jul 29, 2009, at 10:17 AM, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> But it does also fly in the face of the oft-repeated advice that "{'}
> is just another letter".
The glottal stop sound has a real reason to be considered atypical
*as a sound*: it cannot be voiced. But it's still just as important
as any other phoneme.
-- ghunchu'wI'