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Alien languages
Sep. 30th, 2018 09:15 pm OK, this is a bit of a random rant:
For all the Science Fiction / Fantasy authors, who are creating alien species / words for readers of English, please do not use the letter C by itself in the name / word. In English, it does not have a sound unique to it. It is either K as in cop, or S as in ceiling.
The specific race that has brought this to my annoyed attention is the Caeliar from the Star Trek: Destiny crossover series. (Yes, I am reading a 'miniseries' of books that came out in 2008 for the first time in 2018...)
I can not settle on if I should be pronouncing this species name as Kayliar or Seeliar. And what is the most annoying part? We are first introduced to their demonym by their own speech. The Caeliar scientist meets the captain of the NX-02 Columbia, and says that his people are the Caeliar, and that the humans can use the same form as either a singular or plural noun, or as an adjective... This is in VOCAL SPEECH. It should be rendered phonetically!
There is no way I would hear something and spell it out as Caeliar.
For all the Science Fiction / Fantasy authors, who are creating alien species / words for readers of English, please do not use the letter C by itself in the name / word. In English, it does not have a sound unique to it. It is either K as in cop, or S as in ceiling.
The specific race that has brought this to my annoyed attention is the Caeliar from the Star Trek: Destiny crossover series. (Yes, I am reading a 'miniseries' of books that came out in 2008 for the first time in 2018...)
I can not settle on if I should be pronouncing this species name as Kayliar or Seeliar. And what is the most annoying part? We are first introduced to their demonym by their own speech. The Caeliar scientist meets the captain of the NX-02 Columbia, and says that his people are the Caeliar, and that the humans can use the same form as either a singular or plural noun, or as an adjective... This is in VOCAL SPEECH. It should be rendered phonetically!
There is no way I would hear something and spell it out as Caeliar.
