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Re: Poll: What looks best?

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Thursday, July 5, 2007, 14:53
Must agree with the comments so far.  The r-hacek looks most natural.


On 7/5/07, taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...> wrote:
> > The quest to replace H continueth! Here's a test-sentence: > > maHavvel H kanra Hāen oHamigh Hu khaHa Hetuaþ Heìes > "The tyrant turned to the right and made the crows noisily > attack the backwards-and-forwards-moving tiger in the > kitchen" > > And here are the candidates: > > maHavvel H kanra Hāen oHamigh Hu khaHa Hetuaþ Heìes > mařavvel ř kanra řāen ořamigh řu khařa řetuaþ řeìes > maяavvel я kanra яāen oяamigh яu khaяa яetuaþ яeìes > maħavvel ħ kanra ħāen oħamigh ħu khaħa ħetuaþ ħeìes > maгavvel г kanra гāen oгamigh гu khaгa гetuaþ гeìes > > The letter in question marks a sound that starts off as a velar > trill (or one of its many raspy replacements) and turns into an > alveolar trill. It is always long/cannot be geminated and is the > raspiest, spittiest sound in the entire language. (Incidentally, > the test-sentence contains every single word using the letter H > that I could find in the seconds I spent searching, that > sentence is almost a tongue-twister...) Replace mentally with > [kr] if the backs of your tongues do twist! > > So: Which. Will. Win!!?!! > > Feel free to add candidates of your own. > > > t. >
-- Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>