tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 02 11:53:33 2006
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Re: Pronunciation sources
Florian wrote:
>When consulting the klingonska pronunciation guidelines
>(http://klingonska.org/piqad/), I started wondering: Where do these
>guidelines come from? Were they guessed from the actor's utterances in the
>shows and movies? Are they direct indications from Okrand or some official
>source? Or some mutual agreement?
From the Preface:
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text is a quote from Okrandian Canon... while a red such is
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"References" in the menu, which is repeated for each section.
>I ask this because there is a discrepancy between some phonetic indications
>and the english "tongue-instructions". Hence, I wonder which one I should
>follow, i.e which one is more correct?
If there appears to be a contradiction, follow Okrand. The primary source
is his "The Klingon Dictionary". If you can find them, listen to Okrand
reading Klingon aloud on the "Conversational Klingon" and "Power Klingon"
tapes and CDs.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons