tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 18 12:03:37 1995
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Re: Pronunciation of "Klingon"
On 18 Dec 95 at 11:48, MR PAUL J COFFEY <[email protected]> wrote:
> ghItlh ghunchu'wI'
>
> >qeSmIv HarghwI' writes:
> >> Let's put it yet another way: When the actors on Star Trek
> >> say
> >>"Klingon," it sounds, at least to me, like "cling on" not "cling
> >>gone." You may have heard someone say "cling gone," but I doubt it
> >>was in an >episode
> >
> I really was thinking of the regular cast. How did Shattner,
> Nimoy,
> Stewart, Frakes, Brooks, Visitor and all the other regulars say
> "Klingon?" How did all the actors who played Klingons, Dorn,
> Colicos, Todd etc., say "Klingon?" For that matter, how do Berman,
> Piller etc. say "Klingon" when they give interviews? And... how did
> the Great Bird of the Galaxy himself say "Klingon?" I do not
> believe I ever heard any of them say "Cling gone."
> Of course, I didn't think to specify regular cast in my note,
> and I
> shall certainly watch that episode again soon, just out of
> curiosity.
You may also be interested that in an early episode of TOS Klingon was
pronounced "Cling-gin". Do we know who mafe up the name in the first
place? Is s/he still around?
> qeSmIv HarghwI'
maSqa'
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