Re: Conlangs in History
From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
Date: | Sunday, August 20, 2000, 23:06 |
Steg Belsky wrote:
> I seem to remember from _Dragonsdawn_ that they began to call it that
> because the person who taught them how to use HNO3 against the Thread had
> some kind of "unusual" accent, and called it that.
It seemed more that it was just a slight slurring, voicing the "ch", and
possibly dropping the vowel on the "en". Personally, I tend to read it
as /'edZn@"Tri/ or /e'dZIno"Tri/
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