Re: new Klingon spelling
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 6, 2004, 1:07 |
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MJR> Is it also an insult/dehumanization that
MJR> we say ['Izrejl=] (and other variants) instead of [jeSrAel] for the
MJR> name of a certain other country in that region?
Steg> I'm actually worse than that :-P My English pronunciation is ['IzriL=]
Hm. What's the capital "L"?
Steg> (which i thought was common, but i've been finding out lately is
Steg> actually pretty idiosyncratic), even though i know quite well that they
Steg> call themselves [jisRa'el].
Hm. Now I can't remember - is it [ji] or [je]? But it's definitely [S]
instead of [s].
-Mark
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