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Re: mu' chu' - 'el'I'jaH (?)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



Qov:
> >paqDaq latlh mu' ghaj Okrand 'e' vIlegh. <'el'I'jaH> 'oHlaw'. 'ej
> >"uninvited guest" 'oS.  mu'vetlh maqbejbe'mo' chaq mu'na' bIHbe'.

QeS:
>chaq. 'ach mu'na' 'oHchugh tlhIngan Hol qID ngaSlaw' je. chaq {'I'} qID 
>yajlaHbe' tlhIngan Hol jatlhwI' - chay' qechvammey lurarlu', "armpit" 
>"uninvited guest" je? - 'ach lughlaw' {'el} {jaH} je: 'el, Sop, ghIq jaH 
>'el'I'jaH.

Do we have {'el'I'jaH} spelled right?  Qov, did you hear three separate 
glottal stops /'/?  This sounds a bit odd for a pun on Elijah (*Eliyahu* in 
Hebrew) the uninvited/unexpected guest, even for Okrand.




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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons






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