Re: Further blitherings
| From: | Tim May <butsuri@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 9, 2002, 21:37 |
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John Cowan writes:
> Barbara Barrett scripsit:
> > I think my next language will have a word "ugh" which will usually be
> > translated "computer" but literally means "That which the Dark One sends
> > to try us" ;-)
>
> Just so it's pronounced /UX/.
2 points -
a) That's either a very compact morphology or an oddly specific root.
b) I would prefer /UG/, or possibly /VG/. |gh| really looks like a
voiced fricative to me, and /R/ just makes everything sound
French.
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