[Tlhingan-hol] qepHom 2015 with Marc Okrand

[Lieven]

Am 27.03.2015 um 18:42 schrieb Robyn Stewart:
> At one point he pronounced something oddly, I think it was pronouncing the letter 'It as 'Iy, and I looked up and glared at him.

I remember the situation very well, and I'll explain it here especially 
for lurking beginners: Many germans have difficulties to pronounce {I} 
as it should be, most would say {SuvwI'} as {SuvwIy}, or "shoof-wee". 
It's hard to explain {I}. Even when you know it's the same sound as in 
"fit" or "tip", it's hard to do at the end of a word.

Only few months ago, I discovered a much better way to explain in 
German, because the Klingon {I} is a lot closer to the [e] than [i] 
sound, as in french "thé" or German "See" or "Kaffee".

I thinks there is no english equivalent, so many english speakers would 
like to object here. But I have checked back with several linguists, 
including Okrand.

-- 
Lieven L. Litaer
aka Quvar valer 'utlh
http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher
http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/Vowels