tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 08 13:57:35 2002
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RE: Klingon dialects
- From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Subject: RE: Klingon dialects
- Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 12:57:08 -0600
- In-Reply-To: <000301c1a5f9$06b13100$4651e8cd@dlorah>
- References: <2d.1757f36f.2982fe3d@aol.com>
DloraH wrote:
> > In "Broken Bow" Capt. Archer taking to Hoshi mentions that the Klingon
> > language has over 80 different dialects.
>
>"... with 80 poly-guttural dialects constructed on an adaptive syntax."
>
>What ever that's supposed to mean.
It means: Don't complain to the writers if the Klingon is "wrong". 22nd
century Klingons speak one (or more) of the 79 other dialects that Okrand
didn't study!
Or in other words: Shut up and just enjoy the show.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons