Re: Name mangling (Was: Re: First Sound Recording of Asha'ille!)

On Mar 10, 2005, at 12:14 AM, Christian Thalmann wrote:

> Steg Belsky: What the heck kind of name is that anyway? ;)
>     If it's a variant of Stephen, see last post.
>     Otherwise, Tsege [tse:g] or maybe Tsec [tseC].  Then
>     again, Jervans are capable to pronounce initial [St]
>     thanks to German influence, so maybe Stec [SteC] is
>     possible, albeit clearly foreign.  If you prefer [E],
>     how about Tseoc [tsEx].  Belsky: Beosci ['bESki].
> -- Christian Thalmann
Yes, it is a variant (nickname) of Stephen!
Hence the way i sign my emails to the list ;) .

 From the referenced "last post":

> Stephanie: Tsevaena [tse'vajn].  You're lucky, the male
>     version can get rather ugly: From Tsevane [tse'va:n]
>     over Tseffan ['tseff@(n)] to the abominable Tseompfe
>     [tsEmpf].  Tseffe/Tseffa are rather popular modern
>     names on that basis.
[tsEmpf] ?!
What a wor(l)d... :P

I'd like to join in, but it wouldn't be very interesting since
Rokbeigalmki has a pretty large phonemic inventory.


-Stephen (Steg)
  "Let them come.
   There is one dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath."
      ~ gimli son of gloin, LotR:FotR (movie version, at least)