Re: Enochian, also ritual language, was: The search...perfect language

On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Steg Belsky wrote:

> Well, it's important to remember that all these rules are
> generalizations....all i usually do is sing what 'sounds right' at the
> time.  For instance, at the end of this song, there is a *single word*
> which is pronounced vocally Galitzianer as [v@Hunajni] (real Galitzianer
> would use [x] instead of [H]) instead of, for instance, Classical
> [w@HOnenu].  Out of the whole song, the word _vehhaneinu_ just sounds
> "right" in Galitzianer.
>
So all sound changes apply except when a specific borrowing would sound
better.
> Tav isn't Saf after a vowel, but where it's not dagesh'd - short vowels
> cause a dagesh-hhazaq (forte) in the following consonant.
>
Does this mean you also have Thav?  There are no occurances in the sample
you gave, but it would pair with Dhalet.
>
> The reason why _na_ is [na] and not [nO] is probably because that word is
> sung on a rising note, and [a] sounds better to me at higher notes than
> [O] does.
>
Sort of tonal influence.

> although i realized i messed up some of the phonetic transcriptions...the
> second-to-last word is _venissmehha_, with a hhet [H]/[x], and not a khaf
> [x].  Also, the Ashkenazic transcription is European Diasporan, not
> American...Americans say [ow] for hholam, not [oj].
>
I was not aware that there is a difference between between hhet and khaf,
what is the description of these sounds.

The church I attend has a Samoan minister and we always have a Polynesian
hymn when the collection is being taken up, of which our hymnary contains
three!  After three years I am still trying to master the pronunciation of
these hymns.  The problem is trying to fit in all those vowels while
singing them!

- andrew.

Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz

        Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restored;
        Light dies before thy uncreating word:
        Thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall;
        And Universal Darkness buries All.
                        - Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, Book IV.