~Yeshuewu

[Scot LaFaive]

>
> "Trilled k"?  You must have an interesting vocal tract.


Would that be like the sound the alien hunter makes from the movie "The
Predator"? Strange dialect indeed!

Scot

On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at gmail.com> wrote:

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> "Trilled k"?  You must have an interesting vocal tract.
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> Herb
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> On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Tom Zurinskas<truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > I watched some of the movie, “The Passion of Christ”.  The language
> spoken in the film is the native language of Jesus.  It’s Aramaic.  The
> Aramaic ~Airummaeyic languages are considered to be endangered.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_language
> > In the movie, the name of Jesus in Aramaic is ~Yeshuewu.  That’s the name
> his mom and dad and everyone called him.  Sometimes I heard that name spoken
> in the movie spoken as  ~Yaashuewu and  ~Yaeshuewu, but I assume ~Yeshuewu
> is it.
> > Of interest are the actual words as Jesus spoke them:
> > (For a truespel pronunciation key see  http://tinypaste.com/764f4
> > (note: There are two sounds not in English.  The trilled r, expressed as
> ~q and trilled k, expressed as ~x.  According to the language samples in
> truespel book one, these are the two most frequent non-English sounds.)
> > I am he   ~Aanu hie
> > Judas   ~Yoedu
> > You betray the son of man with a kiss.  ~~Aappat nipaaqid naash
> kinsshaak.~~
> > Those who live by the sword shall die by the sword.  ~~Kue di yaa hexlaa
> kruvvaa bekruvvaa gae buet effeeblae.~~
> > I say to you before the clock crows, three times you will deny me.
>  ~~Animair aanalliek
> > Peetggaan kaan eellaak tqaak tinee uef tikkaakaa thhuenee thhilee
> thhuethhin~~
> > My kingdom is not of this world.  ~~Raegnum mae’um naan est doe’oe
> moondoe.~~ (This looks like Latin – as Jesus was speaking to the Roman
> governor, Pilot).
> > My heart is ready father.  My heart is ready.  ~~Evueveehue kut ibu,
> evueveehue kut.
> > (I got as far as the whipping scene and then had to quit.  Too graphic)
> >
> >
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> > Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
> > see truespel.com
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