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Re: Tit'xka (Pretty Long Post)

From:Sheets, Jeff <jsheets@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 29, 1998, 14:46
> Anatomically plausible for -- intelligent wolf-sized tarantulas? I don't > know if there's anybody on *earth* qualified to answer that one! >
That would be me. I'm qualified, mainly because normal tarantulas are only capable of a hiss caused by rubbing certain hairs, I believe near their mouths. Therefore the explanation given in an earlier post of mine is that the Tit'xka have an additional lung slit, centrally located on the bottom of their abdomen. it is capable of producing /a/, /i/, /I/, and /@/ at this stage in Tit'xka evolution. Also, any combination thereof of those sounds is possible, at least for the Tit'xka. A few of them would sound slightly unusual to human ears, and would be mildly difficult for me to force myself to vocalize the actual combination. for example, /Ia/ or /I@/. Note that these combinations do not appear in the main Tit'xka language, and a pair of vowels must be separated by at least one consonant, even ?.
> --Patrick >