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

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Monday, December 24, 2001, 4:39
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
- 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. ;-)
- Well, actually the Morbeth/BlackSpeech "r" could be a uvular *approximant*, with "gh" being the velar fricative. -Stephen (Steg) "AGH burzum-ishi krimpatul" :-P