tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Oct 20 20:08:07 1996
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Re: The Search Continues
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: The Search Continues
- Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 22:11:02 -0500
Tom ([email protected]) writes:
>Ok, the search for a Klingon name continues. Wanted to run one by
>everyone, and get an opinion. Being an avid hunter, I was going to give
>wamwI', a try.
It seems a bit humdrum; a name every Harry, Dick, or Tom :) might have.
Seriously, if it's what you want to be called, it's your name.
>Would it be written like this for a proper name, or does
>it require any special treatment.
Apparently, there's nothing that needs to be done to mark proper names.
In TKW, {'aqtu'} and {mellota'} are a splendid example of this.
>Also, as new as I am to the tlhIngan
>Hol , any easy way I can learn to pronounce this. I have obtained a
>copy of the TKD, and the TKW, but its been slow going, teaching myself
>to pronounce tlhIngan words.
Pronunciation is in the realm of sound. The audiocassettes put out by
Paramount can help: _Conversational Klingon_ and _Power Klingon_, both
available through the 'Merchant' page on the KLI web site.
-- ghunchu'wI'