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RE: Dax & nuq Hech jIH

jatlh janSIy:

> > jatlh mIqIraH:
> > > On Star Trek, one of the few uses of {nuqneH} was when emmisary K'Ehleyr
> > > came aboard the Enterprise.  Riker, hoping to impress the Klignon woman,
> > > said, "nook-nekh" with a terrible Terran accent.
> 
> SuStel wrote:
> > Actually, I imagine that Riker read his version of TKD and misunderstood
> > (again, my opinion) the word {nuqneH} the way most people do at first.
> 
> Watch the scene again.  I remember seeing all that and being terribly 
impressed
> that nuqneH had been used correctly.  K'Ehleyr has just arrived on the ship.
> Nobody knows what she's really doing there.  Before she has a chance to 
speak
> Riker welcomes her in Klingon.  I don't remember exactly what he said, but 
it
> was something like, "You have arrived on the Starship Enterprise.  What do 
you
> want?!"  I thought it was exactly the way a Klingon would use nuqneH (if not 
the
> way they would pronounce it).

I already know the scene well.  In his mangaled attempt, Riker says {nuqneH 
qaleghneS}.  If someone were really asking "what do you want?" they'd wait for 
an answer before continuing.  Then, of course, K'Ehleyr doesn't answer, but 
simply indicates her amazement that Riker speaks Klingon.

-- 
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97234.7

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