~Yeshuewu

[Herb Stahlke]

Maybe it's what Lou Gossett was trying for in Enemy Mine, but what he
produced was uvular.

Herb

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Scot LaFaive<slafaive at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> "Trilled k"?  You must have an interesting vocal tract.
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> Would that be like the sound the alien hunter makes from the movie "The
> Predator"? Strange dialect indeed!
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> Scot
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> 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, =93The Passion of Christ=94.  The language
>> spoken in the film is the native language of Jesus.  It=92s 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=92s the =
> name
>> his mom and dad and everyone called him.  Sometimes I heard that name spo=
> ken
>> in the movie spoken as  ~Yaashuewu and  ~Yaeshuewu, but I assume ~Yeshuew=
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>> 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 a=
> s
>> ~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 hexla=
> a
>> 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=92um naan est doe=92oe
>> moondoe.~~ (This looks like Latin =96 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)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
>> > see truespel.com
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