Re: Conlang for giant caterpillars

Sally Caves scripsit:

> I've always thought of the lateral fricative as a hissed "l," where
> you put your tongue in the "l" position and hiss out the sides of your
> mouth.  In Welsh, you should choose which side you hiss out of and
> really give it some spit.  ;-)  Attempts in Shakespeare's day produced
> Floyd (for Lloyd), and Fluellen (for Llewelyn).
Whence the observation:  "If 'tlhIngan' had begun with a fricative instead
of an affricate, we'd call the species Flingons."

--
John Cowan                                      cowan@ccil.org
                e'osai ko sarji la lojban.