RE: Zvelebil/Epstein/McReynold Comparison
Rob Zook 
Fri, 10 Jul 1998 17:35:37 -0500

At 04:52 PM 7/10/98 -0500, Ryan McReynolds wrote:
>>    y         ai        ai        ?          p_ie_
>>    oy        oi        oi        ?          b_oy_
>> McReynolds: spok  t'h?la    brakh  shikar   th'spaxera
>> McReynolds: th'spatsura  th'kro?ja    whl'q'n  t'hyle'?
>
>These sort of things would have to be decided (primarily by Marketa) on a
>case by case basis based only on how they should be pronounced.  Personally,
>my system just lacks separate "letters" for <y> and <oy> as seen in the
>original text.  Because <ai> and <aii> (or <oi> and <oii>)are different
>things, it really just depends on how we want each word that uses them to
>sound.  The difference really isn't all that apparent in fast speech.  

Keep in mind, I didn't meant to detract from any of them, I just did
not know how to handle those situations in your system. 

>One
>note: <ai> and <oi> are not used in any English words, to the best of my
>knowledge, and that would help to add to the alienness of Vulcan, eh?
>Because I don't have an <ee> or <eh> in my system, I would simply use <e>
>for it.

Yeah, the oi I threw in there because the Zvelebil Corpus continually
spells kroykah with a <y> and that looks whole inconsistant with the
other use of the <y> as a short hand for [ai]. So both Saul and I
started automatically spelling all the <oy> words as <oi>. Only, I
don't think we ever said anything about it, we just started doing it.
So that's one of the implicit changes I wanted to make sure we all
knew about.

>If, by chance, my system gains no popularity and I am the sole person who
>likes it, the newly patented "Zook Method" is definately my second
>choice, with its vowel+<h> digraphs.  Until it comes down to that, I'll 
>hold out on my own!

I've kind of been playing with changing some stuff in Saul's method,
but never did a formal proposal. I guess my previous post constitutes
a formal proposal. :)


Rob Z.
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