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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Chinese puns in Klingon?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (=?UTF-8?B?QW5kcsOpIE3DvGxsZXI=?=)
Fri Dec 21 06:52:15 2012
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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:51:39 +0100
From: =?UTF-8?B?QW5kcsOpIE3DvGxsZXI=?= <esperantist@gmail.com>
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Actually the vowel matches exactly in Mandarin: Pinyin "kong" is pronounced
with the same [u] sound as Klingon "qung", so besides the tone, just the
onset consonant is slightly different. Tone aside, we have [k=CA=B0u=C5=8B]=
vs.
[q=CA=B0u=C5=8B]. That's as good as it gets. :)
Greetings,
- Andr=C3=A9
2012/12/21 De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Lieven <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > ja' Voragh:
> >
> >> Can anyone contribute any others?
> >
> >
> > I'm not sure, but I thought that {qung} is chinese for "hole".
> > Can anyone corfirm that?
>
> There's "k=C7=92ng", though the vowel doesn't exactly match, but it may b=
e
> close enough.
> http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?wdqb=3D%E5%AD%94
>
> (Click on the arrow next to "k=C7=92ng", there will be a speaker icon and
> you can hear it spoken and judge for yourself how close it is to
> {qung}.)
>
> --
> De'vID
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Actually the vowel matches exactly in Mandarin: Pinyin &qu=
ot;kong" is pronounced with the same [u] sound as Klingon "qung&q=
uot;, so besides the tone, just the onset consonant is slightly different. =
Tone aside, we have [k=CA=B0u=C5=8B] vs. [q=CA=B0u=C5=8B]. That's as go=
od as it gets. :)<br>
<br>Greetings,<br>- Andr=C3=A9<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2012/12/21=
De'vID <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com=
" target=3D"_blank">de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;=
padding-left:1ex">
<div class=3D"im">On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Lieven <<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:levinius@gmx.de">levinius@gmx.de</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> ja' Voragh:<br>
><br>
>> Can anyone contribute any others?<br>
><br>
><br>
> I'm not sure, but I thought that {qung} is chinese for "hole&=
quot;.<br>
> Can anyone corfirm that?<br>
<br>
</div>There's "k=C7=92ng", though the vowel doesn't exact=
ly match, but it may be<br>
close enough.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?wdqb=3D%E5%AD%94" targ=
et=3D"_blank">http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?wdqb=3D%E5%AD%94</a=
><br>
<br>
(Click on the arrow next to "k=C7=92ng", there will be a speaker =
icon and<br>
you can hear it spoken and judge for yourself how close it is to<br>
{qung}.)<br>
<br>
--<br>
De'vID<br>
<div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
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