Re: Tong-cho-la

From: "Tim May" <butsuri@...>
Subject: Re: Tong-cho-la


> Joe Fatula wrote at 2003-04-21 18:38:02 (-0700)
>  >
>  > Not just a question of cognates, but one of familiar patterns of
>  > sounds.  Which word seems more familiar to you, "grendge" or
>  > "arubweg"?  Both are certainly pronounceable for English speakers,
>  > but "grendge" would sound more familiar, being similar to other
>  > words already in existence.
>  >
>
> Assuming, of course, that "grendge" is pronounced /grEndZ/ rather than
> /grendge/, in which the cluster /ndg/ would certainly stand out as
> unfamiliar. ;)
A correct assumption.  My intent was to write them using English
orthography, under which you'd have something like (yes, I'm sure it's
different in other dialects) /grEndZ/ and /ArUbwEg/.