A Few Suggestions (was Re: Privacy and Translating Sev Trek 2)
Saul Epstein 
Sat, 20 Jun 1998 09:15:15 -0500

From: Rob Zook <rzook*informix,com>
Date: Friday, June 19, 1998 4:44 PM
 
>As far as spliting 'with' away from the instrumental sense,
>how about, <te> 'with', <ti> 'using'?

I've already suggested using <te> as a gerund or "noun-from-verb"
suffix, though, to partly translate the various <hr'...'te> words
from _Spock's_World_. So, while we're on the subject, I'll propose
<sko> for "with" (as opposed to "by means of," which would still be
<ti>).

>I think adding a -h to the "long" allophones
>matches the various TOS book vulcan transcriptions nicely.
>Also in our phone conversation, when the original spelling
>had a vowel+h, Marketa almost invariable gave it a different
>sound than the vowel without an h.

(Resisting an urge to pull my hair) Yes, I realize that. That's part
of what I would have "fixed" when it came time to update the
dictionary. Once I had the whole a/^ business settled...

Instead, how about this: remove the isolated H sound from Vulcan
altogether. Turn all of the few occurances into /x/. Then we can use
vowel + h to distinguish "long" from "short" vowels (though I
anticipate trouble there...) and consonant + h to indicate aspiration
or friction.

--
from Saul Epstein
locus*planetkc,com
www,jccc,net/~sepstein
"Suhrahk ohw'phahper thes'xih thes'chah'; thes'phahdzhahr
     thes'xih suhrahkechah'."
                                     -- K'dvahrin Uhrswhl'aht