tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 09 08:19:03 1995
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Klingon name (was Klingon Speaker)
- From: "Christian Matzke" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Klingon name (was Klingon Speaker)
- Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 11:22:42 -0500
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On 8 Nov 95 at 23:10, Katherine Cochrane <[email protected]>
wrote:
> How does one choose a name to call oneself in Klingon?
There's no set law, but there are some patterns. You could make up a
name that sounds good (like r'Hul or Krankor (?)), or you could try
transliterating your name (that's what Guido and I have both done)
or you could use a term that describes you (charghwI' and ghunchu'wI'
I'm guessing have both done this). One option that I haven't seen used
on the list is to find the meaning of your name and translate that
concept into tlhIngan Hol (curious wIjwI' is an example of this. You
all know curious wIjwI' right? Actually, if you just got your TKD,
then I'm guessing you don't. Check him out!
http://web.apertus.com/~joela/george/) A note on transliteration:
I'm sure people won't mind if you do it with your name, but don't get into
the habit of transliterating English words in Klingon sentances. It's much
easier on the person translating if the words are left in English with **
around them.
> Kathy
maSqa'
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