tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jul 13 07:47:46 2002
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RE: Klingon names
Although... /miv'a' chechwI'/ would have been much more entertaining to
the rest of us...
rItlhmoQSuvwI'
Stardate 2531.2
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Boozer [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 18:01
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Klingon names
>
>
> Qelra' wrote:
>
> >Thanks Ca'Non,
> >
> >P.S. What does "Voragh" mean?
>
> It doesn't mean anything. When I was choosing a Klingon name
> form myself,
> I decided against transliterating or, worse, translating "Steven
> Boozer". That would have resulted in something like {mIv'a'
> chechwI'}
> "crown drunkard" (Steven/Stephen < Greek *stephanos*
> "crown")! Instead, I
> combined two names I heard in two different TNG episodes: Vagh and
> Moragh. I like it and it sounds like a name you might
> actually hear on the
> show.
>
> > Please forgive all the vocab questions,
> >but as of now, I don't have access to TKD. "I do not fear asking
> >questions." (Klingon voice.)
>
> qay'be'. (It's not a problem. No problem.)
>
> bIghelbe'chugh vaj bIghojbe'. (If you don't ask, then you
> won't learn.)
>
> Qapla'!
>
>
> --
> Voragh
> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>