On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 5:46 PM Jackson Bradley <j.monroe.bradley@gmail.com> wrote:
"Mars and Jupiter have two names, as do other planets in our solar system. There's the "scientific" name and the nickname that the Klingons learned after encountering and engaging with Terrans. In talking with Terrans, or in Terran-y contexts, the nicknames are more common.
With the nickname first:
"Mars" - {marIS} {Sol loS}
Interesting! Most syllables with a CVCC pattern are transliterated as CV'CIC: {Do'rIn} "(Michael) Dorn" {wo'rIv} "Worf" {wa'lIS} "(Gwynyth) Walsh" {(ro)be'rIt} "(Ro)bert (O'Reilly)" Presumably, the glottal stop is there to move the stress to the previous syllable, so that the {I} sound separating the consonant cluster will be minimized. In this case, there's no glottal stop, so the stress would be expected to be on the "consonant cluster" syllable.
{notron} is "curtain, drape," but it can also be used for things like a door or gate that opens and closes vertically, like a portcullis.
{loScha'}: A main character in Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novel "Curtain" is named Stephen Norton. (Apparently, Hodgkin's Law of Parallel Planetary Development has been reading a lot of Agatha Christie lately: see {poymar}.)