tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Sep 17 04:54:45 1994
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introduction
- From: [email protected] (Bill Willmerdinger)
- Subject: introduction
- Date: Fri, 16 Sep 1994 19:13:05 -0500
uu> From: Vaillancourt Alain <ur-valhalla!ere.umontreal.ca!vaillana>
> He or she is refering to the three bladed knife that the Encyclopedia
> calls a d'k tahg. The gaming company FASA called it a le'vek.
>
> Worf refers to this knife by name in "Birthright, Part II". Does
> anyone remember how he pronounced it? I take all Klingon spellings
> in the Okudapedia with a large grain of salt.
uu> If the Okudapedia is unreliable, is there a good source somewhere for
uu> just spelling betleH or bat'telh right? The FAQ does not mention any
uu> dictionaries, and no source book apart from the Okrand grammar.
uu> Of course, I am also looking for the correct spelling of warnog, gagh,
uu> chech'tluth...
The Klingon Dictionary has canonical spellings for these. {betleH} is the
common weapon; {batlh'etlh} is the *name* of the sword of qeylIS: "sword of
honor". {ghargh} is the live worm; {qagh} is that worm when served as food.
"War nog" is an English term. Remember "egg nog"?
Qob
... va!!! waqwIjvo' yIHvetlh yIteq!!!!