tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Apr 13 19:58:37 1997

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RE: 2 consonants in a row



On Sunday, April 13, 1997 5:40 PM, [email protected] on behalf of Daniel 
Noll wrote:
> >> The first is "janluq pIqarD" (SkyBox S25),
> 
> > How can you have a correct Klingon pronunciation of "Jean-Luc
> > Picard"?  It's an Earth name.  The name on the SkyBox card is
> > simply Okrand's best transliteration into Klingon phonetics.
> 
> But Jean-Luc himself doesn't roll his "r" at all, so {pIqaD}
> would be a more correct transliteration.

But this SkyBox card wasn't translated by someone who said "Picard" the way 
"Picard" says "Picard."  You see?  It's just one interpreter's version, and 
should not be considered the "correct" Klingon pronunciation.

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SuStel
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