Re: Translation: Trolls and their Management

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Andreas Johansson <andjo@F...> wrote:
> Quoting Tristan McLeay <zsau@F...>:
> > BTW, do you mind me asking: You *are* aware that the e at the end of a
> > word *can* be pronounced, don't you? For instance, it is in German.
>
> Since Mr Thalmann, if memory serves, is from the German-speaking bit of
> Switzerland, I suspect he is aware.
Yep...  in fact, I find it so natural to pronounce final e's
that I abhor writing beautiful Quenya with drop-dead ugly
tremata over those final e's.

For the record, Obrenje's final e's are not mute by default.
Witness: |tane| [ta:n] < *[ta:.n=], |tanne| [tann@], |tate|
[ta:t_h] < *[ta:.t@_0].  As for Jovian, final |e| is indeed
silent, but so are final |a| and |u|.  You can have final [e]
though: it's spelled |ae| or |ei|.  So there.  =D



-- Christian Thalmann

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