Re: CHAT: Best/Worst/Missing Scenes in LotR

On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 00:08:36 +0100 Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>
writes:
> --- In conlang@y..., Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@J...> wrote:
> >   ang burzum-ishi krimpatul."
> Actually, the last line begins with "agh" rather than "ang".  =P
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dagnabit, how could i mess that up?  i *love* that word!  :-b

> Anyway, how is the "r" in the Black Speech supposed to sound?  We
> know
> Tolkien didn't like the uvular "r", so it might be used by orcs --
> though that sound seems to be represented by "gh" already.  I'm
> personally favoring the retroflex consonants in this context.  Add
> some strangled /a/s torn open as in Arabic, and you're all set.  ;-)
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Well, actually the Morbeth/BlackSpeech "r" could be a uvular
*approximant*, with "gh" being the velar fricative.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "AGH burzum-ishi krimpatul"  :-P