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RE: Klingon WOTD: Suq (verb)

DloraH ([email protected])

• From: "DloraH" <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: Klingon WOTD: Suq (verb)
• Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:26:15 -0500
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> ghItlhpu' Shane MiQogh, ja':
> >Suck would be sook if said with a klingon accent to english 
> speakers...
> 
> Again, you're depending upon the written language for that. 
> Okrand's puns 
> tend to follow pronunciation (in *both* languages) and the 
> spoken language, 
> not orthography. The Klingon pronunciation of "suck" would be 
> something 
> approximating {Saq}.

Not all of the puns are based on pronunciation; or the correct pronunciation
anyways.

qop - arrest.
run - be short in stature.
etc


DloraH

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