Re: Common Orcish Article (Long) - was Re: tolkien?
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 14, 2003, 23:19 |
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 17:48:10 -0500, John Cowan <cowan@...>
wrote:
> Andreas Johansson scripsit:
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>> Now, oughtn't logic imply that Orcs should speak an orcslang? Dread the
>> coming
>> of Orcspiranto, which is reputed to be heavy on voiceless spirants!
>> [x:::::]!
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> Quite so. Does anyone else use this sound (or rather [X:::::::]) as an
> expression of exasperation?
I have a voiceless bidental fricative, and a voiced pharyngeal approximant,
and a voiced bidental alveolar rhotic approximant.
Paul