Re: new Klingon spelling
| From: | Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 4, 2004, 18:40 |
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--- Joe <joe@...> wrote:
> [hA'wAj?i], which amounts to
> >bragging that the speaker has actually visited
> that island paradise,
> >unlike the boorish Ugly Mainlander listener
> who pronounces it without
> >the glottal stop, tsk.
> What if your dialect contains the glottal stop?
> Is it allowed then?
To my knowledge, all (major) English dialects
have the glottal stop. Just not in that position.
"Apple" is /?&pl/; "little" can be /lI?l/, but
that's replacing another stop; but "Hawaii" is
usually /hVwajji/. Compare with ryey (having the
taste of rye), which is /rajji/ or doughy /dowi/.
[Usual disclaimers apply - get yours today!]
Padraic.
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la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu.
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