tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 21 14:48:13 1996
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Re: Is there any GOOD Klingon on video?
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Is there any GOOD Klingon on video?
- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 17:47:45 -0400 ()
- Priority: NORMAL
On Tue, 6 Aug 1996 20:33:15 -0700 [email protected] wrote:
> qaSDI' 96-08-06 18:20:44 EDT, jatlh charghwI'
> :
> > > The only thing I could sugest is the klingon spoken in StarTrek 6, where
> > > General Chang in in the courtroom prosecuting Kirk and McCoy.
> >
> > NOOOOOOOO! HE IS MUTTERING GIBBERISH IN THAT SCENE!
>
> Actually, he's not. The only problem is that he's speaking one syllable at a
> time, regardless of which word it belongs to. Thus, {Qo'noS wa'Daq} becomes
> {Qo' . . . noS . . . waDaq . . .} (yes, I believe he leaves off the glottal
> stop of {wa'}.
>
> But it really is correct Klingon otherwise.
I'll try to watch again. You wouldn't happen to have a transcription, would you? Did he say
anything interesting? As I remember it, he sounded like he was repeating the same syllable
a lot.
> SuStel
> Stardate 96599.9
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