tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 05 10:36:38 1995
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qeylIS betleH
- From: [email protected] (Bill Willmerdinger)
- Subject: qeylIS betleH
- Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 19:36:33
uu> From: Jarno Peschier <ur-valhalla!cs.ruu.nl!jpeschie>
uu> Subject: qeylIS betleH
>That implies that almost *all* Klingons speak pidjin, though. (I know,
>I know, "It should be remembered that even though the rules say 'always;
>and 'never,' when Klingon is actually spoken these rules are sometimes
>broken." Sometimes I think that everyday Hol bears as much resemblence
>to the Hol of TKD as the ghetto English of the inner city resebles the
>Queen's English!)
uu> That could be a good parallel, I suspect. Have you heard the tape
uu> Power Klingon? It has some small examples of regional dialect on it
uu> (just to let you hear the difference ;-)). I found this a nice part of
uu> the tape. It sort of goes in this direction, so to speak.
Yes, I've had Power Klingon since the day it was released (it's a very
useful tape for long trips in the car!) The whole "dialect" bit was an
excuse for why pronunciation was so bad on the show, but *was* a nice
segment none the less.
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