tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 16 04:37:46 1995
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What's in a name? (was: Re: Klingon babes(?))
- From: [email protected] (Steve Weaver)
- Subject: What's in a name? (was: Re: Klingon babes(?))
- Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 07:38:40 -0500
15 May 1995 21:48:11 -0400 ghItlh ~mark yoDtargh je:
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>> Unlikely; Klingon never begins a word with a consonant cluster. Since when
>> do the Paramount actors or writers know how to pronounce or produce Klingon
>> though? And after all, we have "Qugh" -> Kruge; the "gh" sound is
>> certainly quite rhotic. I could easily believe ghIlqa' got pronounced
>> Grilka. Assuming, of course, that the writers even thought about it, which
>> is very unlikely.
>
>An example of the Klingon sound {gh} being rendered as "gr" is the word
>{ghe''or}, which in Federation Standard is spelled "Gre'thor". (The
>word "Gre'thor" has appeared in "Star Trek", the Official Magazine and in
>The ST Encyclopedia).
>
>Using this example, I would also spell "Grilka" as something like {ghIlqa'}.
>
>> >>> yIHmey SurghwI'
>
>> ~mark
>
>yoDtargh
I know most of this has been covered in numerous posts but can someone sum
it up in one post? What are the canon rules for names? I before 'e' except
after gh or tlh, that sort of thing. "Klingon never begins a word with a
consonant cluster", ok, good. That covers the beginning, now how about the
middle and the end. Any other DO's and DON'Ts ?
De''a'ra' vIneH
rut targh DajeylaH 'a rut Dujey targh - yoDtargh
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