On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 at 23:00, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
According to the Klingon Wiki,
TKD describes the letter *o* as in "go or mosaic". This is confusing, because English speakers would do that with a diphthong, rhyming "go" with "glow" and saying "mosaic" like "mow-saic". This is not what Okrand intended. He just wanted to make clear that it's not o like in "cop" or "pot". The sound still is a clear "o" without a following u sound. The word *qepHom <http://klingon.wiki/bin/view/En/QepHom>* should NOT rhyme with "home".
ORLY? Where does this revelation come from? TKD says that *o* sounds exactly the same as *ow* — meaning it's a diphthong that sounds exactly the same as American English *go.*
Since this is a problem with the Klingon Wiki, maybe discuss it on that article's "talk" page?
It's the link that says "Discuss this topic" on the left: http://klingon.wiki/En/Pronunciation -- De'vID