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Re: Klingon WOTD: Ha' (excl)

Steven Boozer ([email protected]) [KLI Member] 

Voragh:
> >    Ha'!
> >    Come along then. RT

lay'tel SIvten & qurgh:
>what's "RT"?

"Radio Times" - this is one of the "British" phrases.

 From my notes:

The British television magazine "Radio Times", doing a special issue for 
Star Trek's 30th Anniversary (August 1996), got Marc Okrand to translate a 
few "Handy Klingon Phrases" for its readers.  They also published a special 
168 page book with interviews with cast and production staff, information 
on various people connected with the series, and an up-to-date listing of 
episodes and movies (all of Classic, TNG, DS9 and Voyager to date). The 
most interesting bit was a 4-page spread where Okrand was interviewed by 
"Radio Times". It mentioned some interesting facts about the language's 
origin (based on influences from American Indian, Chinese, and Southeast 
Asian languages) as taken from James Doohan and Mark Lenard. Mention is 
made of the KLI, as well as Glen Proechel's summer Language Camps, and of 
the various {tlhIngan Hol} products available. There is even a discussion 
of *klingonaase*, which Okrand likes. (He says that it's good to see that 
people are realising that in an "Empire", there would be more than *one* 
language form.) As an added bonus, "Radio Times" got Okrand to translate a 
few "British" phrases for readers.



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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