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Re: How do you say, Drak Jedi, in klingon?



jatlh Voragh:
>if you did try to transcribe it you might get {je'DI'} 

jIjang:
>But "Jedi" is pronounced with an "i" sound that more closely resembles
>{ay}, qar'a'? So wouldn't another (better?) transliteration be {je'Day}?

jang DloraH:
>If you want it to sound the same as how it is spoken here on tera', I would
>drop the ['] .
>['] does have its rightful place, but don't get all excited about it like
>the writers at Paramount do.  Klingon words/names don't have to have a [']
>in it.
>[jeDay]

But wouldn't that put the stress on the second syllable instead of the first?


- DujHoD


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