tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 18 12:40:56 2000

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Re: Gagh, gagh, gagh, gagh!



On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:26:18 -0600 Steven Boozer 
<[email protected]> wrote:
> veS joH:
> >what is the correct spelling of the dish best served live? qagh? gagh?  
> >the actual tlhIngan Hol spelling. so far i've read it spell 3 different 
> >ways.  check your spelling ladies and gentlemen.
> 
> DujHoD:
> : {qagh} is the tlhIngan Hol spelling. "Gagh" is the Paramount, English-ized 
> : spelling. 
> 
> *gagh* is how it's spelled in "Federation Standard".  DujHod is right: the dish
> is spelled {qagh} when writing tlhIngan Hol.
> 
> Another spelling you sometimes see in fandom is {ghargh}, which is Klingon for
> "serpent, worm" as animals.  Properly speaking, {qagh} only refers to the
> prepared dish complete with seasonings and sauce, not the unprocessed worms
> {gharghmey}.  Note that Fed. Standard speakers (and the writers) seem to use
> *gagh* for both.
 
Meanwhile they tend to pronounce it something like {gaH}.
 
> -- 
> Voragh                       
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

charghwI'



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