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Re: tera'Daq jIghIQvIS

MorphemeAddict ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol taghwI']

In a message dated 7/3/2009 10:07:48 Eastern Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> On the possibility that a Klingon vacationed on Earth I assume they would 
> for the most part just refer to countries in the nearest way they could 
> pronounce them or a transliteration of the sounds. So if this happened and 
> they went home and started telling fellow Klingons about what they did and 
> wanted to say:
> "While I vacationed on Earth I visited France and Finland."
> 
> Is it likely they would say
> 
> tera'Daq jIghIQvIS, <vIranIS> <vInlanID> je vISuchta'  
> 
> Or So that people knew they were regions or countries of Earth rather than 
> any other things that can be visited, would this Klingon possibly say:
> 
> tera'Daq jIghIQvIS, <vIranS> Sep <vInlanID> Sep je vISuchta' 
> 
> That said if a Klingon came across countries names or part names that they 
> could translate into Klingon, would they bother.
> 
> e.g. would they be tempted to say [wo'Hom DIvI'Sep] instead of say [<
> unayteD qIngDom> Sep] for United Kingdom. Assuming of course that [wo'Hom] could 
> be used for Kingdom.
> 
> I suppose this guesswork should be based on how people of earth name other 
> countries... Do they make up new names, transliterate all or part of a 
> name and translate the rest. Unfortunately that's something I don't know but 
> may be someone here has an insight into.
> 
> qe'San
> 


All of the above happens, some more and some less.

lay'tel SIvten

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