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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Upper case letters
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brent Kesler)
Fri Oct 2 11:20:30 2015
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Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 11:20:09 -0400
From: Brent Kesler <brent.of.all.people@gmail.com>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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I don't think Okrand's choices are random; I think they're rooted in
various methods of phonetic transcription.
- S and D are both retroflex.
- I actually have a Webster's dictionary printed before TKD that uses H in
its transcription of "Bach".
- I (capital i) looks like the IPA symbol for that vowel.
- I have no theory for Q.
bI'reng
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote=
:
> Hod qunnoQ:
>
> > is it known why the specific letters (written always in upper case in
> Klingon)
> > were chosen by Okrand ?
> > i mean why "S" and not "G" ? why "D" and not "M" ? and so on..
> > does anyone know the reason behind these choices?
>
> IIRC Okrand used upper case to indicate those letters which were
> pronounced differently from English. That is, {S} is closer to /sh/ than
> /sss/; {H} is like the /ch/ in Bach, not the /h=E2=80=99s/ in Hannah; {I}=
is like
> the dotless /i/ in Turkish or the **bI** in Russian, not /eee/ in Spanish
> or Italian, and so on. It was simply a way of warning the actors in Star
> Trek III (which he coached at the studio) to be careful when delivering
> their Klingon lines. But he wasn=E2=80=99t consistent. Why, for example=
, did he
> use the digraph {gh} for the gargled **ghayin** of Arabic or the uvular
> /r/ in French instead of G, which doesn=E2=80=99t otherwise appear in Kl=
ingon?
> And then there=E2=80=99s {tlh}!
>
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> Voragh
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> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I don't think Okrand's choices are random; I think=
they're rooted in various methods of phonetic transcription.<div>- S a=
nd D are both retroflex.</div><div>- I actually have a Webster's dictio=
nary=C2=A0printed=C2=A0before TKD that uses H in its transcription of "=
;Bach".</div><div>- I (capital i) looks like the IPA symbol for that v=
owel.</div><div>- I have no theory for Q.</div><div><br></div><div>bI'r=
eng</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On=
Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Steven Boozer <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=
=3D"mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu" target=3D"_blank">sboozer@uchicago.edu</a>=
></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0=
0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"#0563C1" vlink=3D"#954F72">
<div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ar=
ial",sans-serif;color:#44546a">Hod qunnoQ:<u></u><u></u></span></p><sp=
an class=3D"">
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt">> is it known why =
the specific letters (written always in upper case in Klingon)<br>
> =C2=A0were chosen by Okrand ?<span style=3D"color:#44546a"><br>
</span>> i mean why "S" and not "G" ? why "D&qu=
ot; and not "M" ? and so on..<br>
> does anyone know the reason behind these choices?<u></u><u></u></p>
</span><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt">IIRC Okrand us=
ed upper case to indicate those letters which were pronounced differently f=
rom English.=C2=A0 That is, {S} is closer to /sh/ than /sss/; {H} is like t=
he /ch/ in Bach, not the /h=E2=80=99s/ in Hannah; {I} is
like the dotless /i/ in Turkish or the *<b>bI</b>* in Russian, not /eee/ i=
n Spanish or Italian, and so on.=C2=A0 It was simply a way of warning the a=
ctors in Star Trek III (which he coached at the studio) to be careful when =
delivering their Klingon lines.=C2=A0 But
he wasn=E2=80=99t consistent.=C2=A0 Why, for example, did he use the digra=
ph {gh} for the gargled *<b>ghayin</b>* of Arabic or the uvular /r/ in Fren=
ch instead of =C2=A0G, which doesn=E2=80=99t otherwise appear in Klingon?=
=C2=A0 And then there=E2=80=99s {tlh}!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca=
libri",sans-serif;color:black">--<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca=
libri",sans-serif;color:black">Voragh<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca=
libri",sans-serif;color:black">Ca'Non Master of the Klingons<u></u=
><u></u></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ar=
ial",sans-serif;color:#44546a"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u><=
/p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u><=
/p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u><=
/p>
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