tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 20 10:21:30 2000
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RE: Klingon WOTD: DarSeq (n)
De'vID wrote:
: >Klingon word: DarSeq
: >Part of Speech: noun
: >Definition: unit of currency
: >KGT. [darsek].
:
: Y'know, this word makes me wonder if some
: Paramount writer decided that /DeQ/ (pronounced
: like "deck", no doubt) didn't sound foreign enough
: and added an extraneous syllable in there to form
: this new word.
I don't know about your theory, but when pronounced right {DeQ} sounds quite
foreign: /dehKKH/ (with a palatal /d/, a *very* gutteral /kh/ and rhymes with
"Drake"). Of course few - if any - writers and actors know to differentiate
between {q} and {Q} and would certainly pronounce it as "deck".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons