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Re: Star Trek 3



>From: "Jerry Purvis" <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Star Trek 3
>Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 20:22:46 -0500
>
>In  Star Trek 3, I noticed that the Klingons did not use guttaral sounds
>when Q or H were used sometimes.  The Q would sound like a regular k and H
>sounded like the h in hover.  Example:  when Kruge said HIH (kill), he did
>not say it with the guttaral sounds.  Can somebody please explain?

Well, although this is probably why Okrand stuck the dialect stuff in KGT, 
the actors probably just didn't take the time to pronounce the letters 
right. They *are* pretty harsh on the throat-especially Q.
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