tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 18 12:40:56 2000
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Re: Gagh, gagh, gagh, gagh!
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Gagh, gagh, gagh, gagh!
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 15:40:08 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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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
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