tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 01 08:04:40 1996
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Re: FOR MNIXON: list & name
According to [email protected]:
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> OTOH, that leaves mIHal, which is a very good transliteration of a
> different name: Michal, a Hebrew female name. Which may or may not
> matter to you. Your name is Michael? It also comes from Hebrew.
> mIHa'el [note the "e", and the location of the apostrophe]
> is a pretty good transliteration in appearance as well as a good Klingon
> spelling of the Hebrew pronunciation.
Or, if they really want a transliteration, maybe they don't
feel attached to Hebrew. Everyone named Michael is not
necessarily related to anything Hebrew. Such a person might
prefer something like {mayqel} or {may'qel}.
> On the gripping hand, in this list we regard names as being pretty much
> what their bearers want them to be, even if they go outside the normal
> rules of Klingon grammar and word structure. Here are three examples.
> I'll quote Mark Shoulson on the origin of his and my names:
> ---- quoting Mark Shoulson ----
> Here's how my name (Seqram) came about: There were (and still are)
> several "Mark"s on the list. One of them is Mark Mandel (Hi, Mark!), who
> started calling himself "marqem", presumably from "Mark M." respelling in
> Klingon. [Right. -- marqem] Thought I, "that's pretty cool." So I did the
> same with my name: Mark S. -> marqeS. And then not to look TOO much
> like a copycat I spelled it backwards: Seqram. I liked the way it sounded
> and looked, and it means either "seismic fault of the night" or "trivial
> seismic fault"... the meaning isn't important, but at least it doesn't mean
> "boneheaded moron." So it works...
Good description.
> marqem, tlhIngan veQbeq la'Hom -- Heghbej ghIHmoHwI'pu'!
> Subcommander Markemm,
> Klingon Sanitation Corps -- Death to Litterbugs!
>
> Mark A. Mandel
> Dragon Systems, Inc. : speech recognition : +1 617 965-5200
> 320 Nevada St. : Newton, Mass. 02160, USA : [email protected]
>
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