Re: ?cagne, and ConLand names in translation (was: RE: RV: Old English)

Am 04/07 21:00  And Rosta yscrifef:

> You don't say [sm@T]?
No, I think I tend to front shwas rather than back /I/.  I think a naked
shwa at the end of a word, or possibly the beginning might have a
different sound value but I'll have to listen carefully for it.

> You can't be "andruw". You could be "andrw", pronounced with final [uw@],
> as if your name was "andrewer" or "andrua". Or you could be "andrew",
> pronounced with final [ew@].
>
> Anyway, it seems rather rich of you to complain of being uglified by a
> mere final U, when poor old John comes out as "Gzranq", and Paul as "Bfowol"!
>
Ok, I'll accept Andru.  I'm not rich enough to go around abusing
phonetics like that.  I'm just accustomed to the orthographic spelling
that's all.  When I transliterated my name into Klingon years ago I
settled on 'anreyaS from Latin Andreas which I prefer to use in
transliteration than /&ndru/.  I think if I ever was to go back to
learning Klingon I would change it to 'aDreyaS where the voiced stop can
become a dental cluster.  In Brithenig I have to use the pronunciation
/@n 'dreu/.

I have seen the spelling Andruw used in the fantasy series _The
Monarchies of God_ by Paul Kearney.

- andrew.
--
Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz

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