tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 27 01:18:08 1997
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Re: Quark's name
- From: "Anthony.Appleyard" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Quark's name
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 09:17:35 GMT
- Organization: Materials Science Centre
- Priority: normal
Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]> wrote:-
> ... Consider the name Rom. If the 'r' is a Parisienne sort of 'r' and not
> the English one, it could sound like *{gham} to the Klingons. The point is
> that names are hard enough to transliterate from English to Klingon. Things
> could get really weird with names that aren't English to begin with.
A real-world example of two naturalization distortion steps getting a mame far
from its original occured last century when Britain sent an army into China: a
Manchu general's name {Senggerichin} -> Chinese {Sang-k'o-li-chin} -> British
army slang {Sam Collinson}.