Re: Klingon dialects

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qaSDI' 96-08-22 04:25:34 EDT, jatlh A.Appleyard:

>   <CK> vISovbe'. mu'mey naQ ghItlhlu'chugh "CK" 'oH nuq'e'?
>    'ach <Star Trek>Daq taHvIS Kirk HoD poH, puS qepmey tlhInganpu' tera'
> nganpu'

wot ghajbe' <taHvIS>.  chaq <ra'> 'oH.

>  je; 'ach bIH law' law' qepmey DIvI'nganpu' romuluSnganpu' je law' puS, 'ej
>  voqHa'qu'chuqpu' tera'nganpu' romuluSnganpu' je. romuluSnganvo' bIH <the
>  pre-Okrand spellings for Klingon names>'e' 'e' jIQub.

<'e' vIQub> bIjatlhnIS.

I think you should consider using {tlhInganpu' tera'nganpu je qepmey} instead
of the other way around, as well as {tera'nganpu' romuluSnganpu' je qepmey}.
 This way it comes out as "meetings of Klingons and Terrans," or "Klingons
and Terrans' meetings."  After all, "Klingon meetings" would be {tlhIngan
qepmey}, right?

It took me a bit to figure it out, but that {law'}/{puS} construction in
there is actually quite clever!  {vIparHa'}.

"CK" jatlhDI' *Qov, "Conversational Klingon" qel.

romuluSngan Hol vIjatlhlaHbe' vaj qechDajvaD vuD vIghajbe'.

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