tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 24 09:59:54 1999
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Spock (was Re: IDIC)
On Sun, 24 Jan 1999 [email protected] wrote:
>Does spoQ' (Spock) sound like klingon?
Not if you are trying to write it in Okrand's transcription. According to
other names Okrand has converted (e.g. {martaq} Martok, {ghawran} Gowron),
"Spock" would have to be {SIpaq}, pronounced something like /s'pa:k/. You
could also use {SIpoq} /s'po:k/ (rhymes with "spoke") if you prefer actress
Celia Lovsky's (T'Pau) more exotic pronunciation in "Amok Time".
Since Klingon doesn't permit initial consonant clusters, the vowel {I} is
used to break them up: e.g. {bI'rel} B'rel, {qItI'nga} K'Tinga, {qIvo'rIt}
K'Vort (which has another impermissible cluster at the end), {ghIrIlqa'}
Grilka, {tI'vIS} T'vis, {ghIboj} G'boj (from KGT).
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons