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Re: new Klingon spelling

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Monday, January 5, 2004, 22:30
Joe wrote:
> Ah, but since when has English spelling been logical? The fact is, > nearly everyone pronounces is with an [i] sound. Therefore, it's > correct. What would make for sense would be to respell it "Karioki", > rather than changing how people say it.
I once heard something like _karioki_, in an anime. A re-Japanification of the Anglification of a word partially formed from a Japanification of an Anglified Italian term! :-) Ah, the insanity! -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42