tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 25 01:19:38 2002
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Re: Klingonase vs. tlhIngan Hol
I stand corrected on the spelling of canon. That is
what I was trying to say. Not everything, Officially,
written in the TKD is canon, according to Star Trek
faans. Although, I was trying to make a point. The
point is that some people will probaly use Ford's
language, but more often than not they will use
Okrand's Language. & until either language is used,
completely on t. v. or in the movies, what is used is
the only part that will be considered canon. So
what's the big deal.
--- Qov <[email protected]> wrote:
> lab charghwI':
>
> > The word "canon" is spelled "c-a-n-o-n" not
> "cannon". The former is
> something > you accept as from a reliable authority.
> The latter is a gun,
> typically too large
> > to carry without mechanical assistance. Anything
> written or spoken by Dr.
> > Marc Okrand is canon. He invented the language we
> call tlhIngan Hol.
> > Anything else is not canon.
>
> charghwI' is perfectly correct with respect to
> tlhIngan Hol, but it must be
> noted that the KLI has no monopoly on the use of the
> word "canon."
>
> Star Trek fans, as opposed to Klingonists, use
> "canon" to describe that
> which has appeared on screen in one of the TV shows,
> excluding the animated
> series, or one of the movies. Star Trek books,
> while interesting to some
> and reviled by others, are not canon Star Trek.
> Information cut from
> scripts, like Saavik being half Romulan, are not
> canon Star Trek. The
> Klingon Dictionary, while Paramount sanctioned, and
> used in movies, is not
> Star Trek canon. Only those lines of dialogue
> actually appearing in the
> finished versions of movies are Star Trek canon.
>
> Klingonists use "canon" to describe tlhIngan Hol
> published or officially
> proclaimed by Marc Okrand. TKD is tlhIngan Hol
> canon. KGT and TKW are
> tlhIngan Hol canon. New words and grammar explained
> by Mark Okrand in an
> interview for HolQeD is tlhIngan Hol canon. To be
> fair to Marc, what he
> scrawls in autographed books, or what he mutters in
> the restaurant at
> qep'a', should probably not be considered tlhIngan
> Hol canon. The point
> is, only one person makes up new tlhIngan Hol, and
> he should be given the
> opportunity to think things over, and the freedom to
> practice his own
> language without his mistakes being canonized!
>
> Someone made the point about there being two
> different usages of the word
> canon, in an earlier post, but it was at the end of
> a long post and may
> have been missed.
>
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