tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 21 09:58:25 1996
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Re: Klingon dialects
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon dialects
- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 12:57:57 -0400
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company
- References: <[email protected]>
Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 01:56:10 -0700
>From: "A.Appleyard" <[email protected]>
>
> (2) Hearing -ey- as "ah" in qeylIS > Kahless is unexpected; here again I
> >suspect that Starfleet first heard this name from a non-standard Klingon
> >dialect or language.
Actually, if I recall correctly, it was pronounced "Kay-liss" in the
original ST:TOS episode in which the name appeared, perhaps due to
an actor's mispronunciation. So it is the English spelling which is
not phonetic; the Klingon is spot-on.
-marqoS