Lotau: Difference between revisions

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IPA^(key): /lɔˈtau/

Rhymes: -au

lotau

lucky, fortunate
Yu ’s lotau ai nou don bos yu chopa op
You’re lucky I didn’t break your teeth.
-Dakiva (The 100, Episode 402)

This word was originally spelled lottau, but the thing is, it shouldn't have been that way. It showed up in two episodes that way, but the truth is every place where a geminate or geminate-adjacent [t] occurs intervocalically in Trigedasleng, a simple t will do (e.g. in the word foto). I forgot that when coining this word, so I've taken it upon myself to correct it today. Thus it is done. (See also ratop.) -David J. Peterson 01:00, 25 October 2023 (PDT)

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 ====Creation and Usage Notes====
-{{djpnotes|quote=This word was originally spelled ''[[lottau]]'', but the thing is, it shouldn't have been that way. It showed up in two episodes that way, but the truth is every place where a geminate or geminate-adjacent [t] occurs intervocalically in Trigedasleng, a simple ''t'' will do (e.g. in the word ''[[foto]]''). I forgot that when coining this word, so I've taken it upon myself to correct it today. Thus it is done.
+{{djpnotes|quote=This word was originally spelled ''[[lottau]]'', but the thing is, it shouldn't have been that way. It showed up in two episodes that way, but the truth is every place where a geminate or geminate-adjacent [t] occurs intervocalically in Trigedasleng, a simple ''t'' will do (e.g. in the word ''[[foto]]''). I forgot that when coining this word, so I've taken it upon myself to correct it today. Thus it is done. (See also ''[[ratop]]''.)
 -''[[User:Djp|David J. Peterson]]'' 01:00, 25 October 2023 (PDT)}}