tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Oct 29 10:07:16 2011
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Countries
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<font face="Courier New">It's a weird situation, because basically nobody speaks the old languages in Ireland or Scotland anymore, and yet they're important parts of the culture. Assuming a "real" Klingon went to Scotland, they aren't likely to stumble across a Gaelic speaker, and if they wanted to know the name of the country, they'd probably be told "Scotland" with a thick burr. So "Suqo'lan" maybe? </font><BR><font face="Courier New"><br>The New Zealand thing throws me not because they didn't use the Maori name, but because "New" does not translate to "nu"...I get the "SIylan" part though..</font><font face="Courier New"><BR><br id="FontBreak"></font><br><br><font face="Courier New"><br>-- jhb<br></font><br> <BR><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:57:40 -0400<br>From: [email protected]<br>To: [email protected]<br>Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Countries<br><br>Yes, New Zealand does stick out.<br>The Maori name is Aotearoa.<br>I wonder what the reasoning was.<br><br><br>Yes, it might help if I post the native names for Ireland and Scotland.<br><br>Ireland: Éire (if the special character gets scrambled, that's: Eire)<br>Scotland: Alba<br><br>~naHQun<br><span style="font-family: Prelude, Verdana, san-serif;"><br><br></span><span id="ecxsignature"><div style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">~Michael Roney, Jr.<br>Professional Klingon translator<br>webOS developer<br><br>-- Sent from my HP Pre³</div><br></span><span style="color: navy; font-family: Prelude, Verdana, san-serif;"><hr style="width: 75%;" align="left"><br><br></span><br>_______________________________________________
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