tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 15 09:05:23 1995
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About those extra ' in many Klingon names
On Thu, 15 Jun 1995, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
(big snip to the end)
> It's nice when the sounds make sense pronunciation-wise, though, so
> something like "r'Hul" I have trouble reading, since there's a truly
> impossible consonant cluster at the beginning (Klingon doesn't have *any*
> initial consonant clusters, least of all r followed by glottal stop
> followed by H). Still, it's a name, and it really doesn't matter much, if
> people recognize it.
It's interesting that many, many Klingon names in the novels and on
screen have lots of "apostrophes"... I suspect that this convention
might have an origin in Hol. Someone should put on the MO list, this
suggestion...
"Usually, a transcription of a Klingon name into English might create a
name such as
r'Hul, K'mpec, L'Kor, B'elanna, B'etor, K'Temoc, D'Ghor, etc.
This is a shortened transcription which would in "proper" pIqaD read:
rI'Hul, qI'Impeq, lI'qor, bI'elanna, bI'etor, qI'temoq, DI'ghor...
Essentially then, we have a number of lost >I<'s (the Klingon vowel
closest to having a @ (schwa) nature). Possibly even in Hol, the >I<
character is omitted... thus justifying the omission/contraction even
more. [Canon note: We *know* that Worf is properly wI'orv; as MO gave
this to Lawrence....]"
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