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   HenHanna to Stefan Ram   
   Re: Technical linguistic lingo in a main   
   05 May 24 11:08:27   
   
   XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.fan.star-trek   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   On 5/4/2024 6:17 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:   
   >    In the first ep of the fifth season of "Star Trek: Discovery"   
   >    this dude Fred was spittin' straight fire about phonology!   
   >   
   > |But the bilabial nasal of "Moll" contrasted with the voiceless   
   > |velar plosive of "L'ak".   
   >   
   >    When was the last time you heard that kind of technical linguistic   
   >    lingo in a mainstream show?   
      
      
      
           By Star-Trek standards, that's not much of a Technobabble, is it?   
      
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