tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 10 07:53:28 1995
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Re: Klingon name (was Klingon Speaker)
>Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 09:47:28 -0800
>From: [email protected]
>So basically a Klingon name is just like picking a name in any language. If
>you'll answer to it, it's yours.
Very much true, as is all the rest that has been said here. You pick your
name and get people to use it. It might just be something you like the
sound of, or a transliteration of your name, or something with meaning.
Just one point you should be aware of: If you pick a name based on its
sound and it violates what we've seen of Klingon phonology, you'll probably
get some hassles about it (as r'Hul can tell you!) That doesn't mean you
can't use it; it's your *name* after all. But you may get a flurry of
well-meaning comments pointing out that your name has features that
Klingons don't seem to use in their words.
For a rundown of the way Klingon phonology works:
Vowels (V) are aeIou, consonants are everything else (including ').
Klingon words are divided up into syllables. Each syllable must have one
of the following forms:
CV
CVC [where the "VC" can't be "ow" or "uw"]
CVG' [where G is "y" or "w" and "VG" is not "ow" or "uw"]
CVrgh
You can also word this in terms of diphthongs, but that's just a matter of
how you want to name things; it boils down to the same result. So just be
careful for big consonant clusters... or be prepared to say "Yes, I know,
and that's my name anyway" a lot.
~mark