tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jun 11 15:50:06 2003
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Re: Star Trek monologue
ter'eS:
> >> Shouldn't this be {'enterpray' 'ejDo'}? I thought we even
> >> had canon for this.
Voragh:
> > We do:
> >
> > nImbuS wejDaq 'ejDo' 'entepray' ngeHlu'pu'
> > The starship Enterprise has been dispatched to Nimbus III. ST5
> > [...]
> > Go figure. As always, the Enterprise gets to break the rules!
Russ Perry Jr:
>Perhaps the Klingons speak of it in a different order to make the
>name sound even more annoying to Klingon ears? :-)
My guess is that Okrand did it this way because "The Starship Enterprise"
has become a sort of a proper name in Trek. Interestingly, all examples of
{'ejDo'} "starship" refer to Enterprise and all are {'ejDo' 'entepray'}
with {'ejDo'} preceding the ship's name.
>Hmm, any canon uses of "HoD Kirk" vs "Kirk HoD"?
Nope. In fact, {qIrq} (Kirk) is never called "Captain Kirk" in canon.
>(HoD = captain, right?
Correct. All examples of {HoD} in canon follow the name: {janluq pIqarD
HoD} Captain Jean-Luc Picard, {qarghan HoD} Captain Kargan, {tlha'a HoD}
Captain Klaa. This is standard practice in Klingon WRT ranks and titles:
When used with an individual's name, a title follows the name: {tlha'a HoD}
(Captain Klaa), {cheng Sa'} (General Chang), {qeng la'} (Commander Kang),
and so on. (KGT 52)
If someone has an official title, such as a military rank or a position in
the government, this title follows the name; for example, {martaq Sa'}
(General Martok), {ghawran Qang} (Chancellor Gowron). When addressing such
a person, the title is left off only when the occasion is decidedly
nonofficial.
(KGT 197f)
... Krankor excepted, of course. <g>
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons