tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 10 13:04:06 2007
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Re: mu' chu' - 'el'I'jaH (?)
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.
Voragh:
> >>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.
Qov:
>I never heard it pronounced. He opened a notebook and uncovered the
>word. I most certainly could have remembered it incorrectly. I saw it
>only as a Klingonized Elijah. I don't know Hebrew, so I wouldn't have
>recognized Eliyahu. I remembered it as containing all the letters of
>elijaH, with some stops thrown in. It could easily have been
>'elI'jaH. I think Lawrence saw it too, maybe he remembers.
It strikes me that the sequence /'-'-'-H/ in one word would be very
difficult for most people to pronounce. (Not that that would stop Okrand,
of course. <g>) Also, we've only seen the syllable - or even the string -
{'I'} once before: in {'I'} "armpit".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons