[94580] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Wednesday begins qep'a'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Klingonteacher)
Mon Sep 3 07:53:40 2012
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2012 13:53:25 +0200
From: Klingonteacher <levinius@gmx.de>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20120829092251.08191460@flyingstart.ca>
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Am 29.08.2012 18:12, schrieb Qov:
> Forgot to tell you a gem from the Lieven chat. He was talking about the
> difficulty of understanding people and pointed out that in German the
> words are long. If you miss one sound in a word there are fifteen more
> coming and you can make up for the missed one.
Well, actually not only German. It's also a fact in many other
languages. Pay attention in holiday where people do not speak your
language, it's easy to understand anyway.
Everybody understand this correctly: "Two we or nut two we" but it's
dangerous to say {taQ pagh taQbe'} in the wrong place ;-)
No, seriously, compare this:
"I dont unnerstand" or "I not unersand". You will get it.
The same in Klingon (jIyajbe') might sound like yIyajbe' or yIyaSbe'.
Words like woq/woQ/woH/wuq/wuQ/wuH sound very similar on a bad phone
connection. And you cannot say them slowly, as in "I said com-pee-you-ter".
> Now Lawrence is giving out qaghHom cha' tickets, and there's a newbie in
> the room.
I know qaDHom cha' but not qaghHom ... is that a new game? HIchuH!
Lieven.
--
Lieven L. Litaer
aka Quvar valer 'utlh
http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher
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