tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 08 06:31:50 1995
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qeylIS betleH
- From: [email protected] (Bill Willmerdinger)
- Subject: qeylIS betleH
- Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 19:44:04
uu> From: ur-valhalla!netusa1.net!caanders (Alan Anderson)
uu> Subject: qeylIS betleH
>Klingons are the same; they speak poorly amongst themselves, but
>(sometimes) try to speak "properly" when among the powerful.
uu> If Gowron spoke more intelligibly, I might agree. As it is, though,
uu> "zha zhu... jaj... vam... jajqaq" speaks poorly of the speaker's
uu> speech. (This babbling is from "Way of the Warrior". Worf translated
uu> it as "Today is a good day to die," disappointing us greatly.)
Ah, that is easily explained! Go waaaaay back to when we first met Gowron.
He is a provincial ship commander, not a product of the Homeworld like Duras!
His accent is that of whatever dialect they speek in his backwater of the
Empire. <g>
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