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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/15/2019 4:26 PM, Will Martin
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:59A8383D-5518-43A6-86BA-5B460EC63F12@mac.com">
<div class="">So, why not {SeqatlenDe’}? That would certainly be a
more recognizable transliteration.</div>
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<p>In your dialect of English, perhaps, but what about in Scottish
English (and I don't mean Scots)?</p>
<p>I'm actually more surprised it's not <b>SIqo'lan,</b> since
terminal <i>t</i>'s tend to be turned into glottal stops in
Scottish English. I'm pretty sure the first vowel of <i>Scotland</i>
when spoken by Scots does not sound like the <i>a</i> in American
English <i>father. </i>It's not all the way to Klingon <b>o,</b>
though. Here's a video fo Craig Fergusson saying it with what I
assume is a Glaswegian accent: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/iTOvKGUdXNc?t=39">https://youtu.be/iTOvKGUdXNc?t=39</a><br>
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<p>There are different Scottish accents, though, and I'm not
familiar with the differences. Here's a cool video about that (she
says <i>Scotland</i> at the beginning): <a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXpQna8WRB8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXpQna8WRB8</a></p>
<p>As for the <b>-lan,</b> as nIqolay points out, he's always
transliterated <i>-land</i> as <b>-lan.</b> I expect that's to
avoid piling on too many extra syllables. The final <i>d</i> just
isn't all that important. But the initial <i>S</i> and <i>c</i>
are equally important.<br>
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<div class=""> Okrand’s looks more like its based on English
spelling than pronunciation, which he has avoided doing when
naming other countries.</div>
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<div class="">In the end, it’s arbitrary.</div>
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<div class="">Throw a word through different languages and change
happens. {Seqotlan} it is.</div>
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<p><b>SIqotlan</b></p>
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