tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Oct 06 01:11:26 1996
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Re: choHghoS
96-10-06 01:23:08 EDT, jatlh Kathryn Olga Chappel:
> I just finished watching the season premiere of DS9. After beaming
> in Sisko orders "choHghoS". Shouldn't this be ghoSchoH, or even
> yIghoSchoH to be the command to move?
Better, sure. But what would have been appropriate would be {HItlhej}.
Sisko isn't trying to tell them to approach him. He's trying to tell them
to follow him. My guess is that the powers-that-goof at Paramount were
trying to have him say, "Come!" They actually did an impressive job, in
realizing that a verb prefix was needed. Unfortunately, {ghoS} isn't the
word they wanted, and they got the prefix wrong.
SuStel
Stardate 96764.7
P.S. In Paramountese, {Qapla'} means "Success!" while {kaplaaah} means "good
evening."