[2577] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Ceremonial knife name?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Jan 17 12:51:56 1994
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
From: Will Martin <whm2m@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 94 12:29:37 EST
On Jan 17, 11:27am, "Matt Gomes" wrote:
> Subject: Ceremonial knife name?
> bIjatlh:
>
> My brain is sizzling here.... Would anyone happen to know the name of
> the knife that was used at the end of TNG: Redemption II. The one which
> Gowron sticks out, the two little pieces flick out, then Worf grabs the
> blade (and you are now pronounced maug and wife)...
>
> Please let me know if you know (or even have a guess)... Qapla'!
>
> -mat
I seem to remember this being another Worf original. It was something
cheezy like {Daqba}. Note the absence of glottal stop at the end. I don't
think Dorn is CAPABLE of a glottal stop, but that is based on the
circumstantial evidence that he has never pronounced one on TV. That's
probably why Okrand wouldn't let him say anything Klingon on CK or ST6...
Face it. The man couldn't pronounce Klingon well enough to call off a
charging targh.
Anyway, I'd stick with {taj}. It's real. It's in TKD. It's the law.
Otherwise, you'll have to learn how to sing that dumb song consisting of
random syllables Dorn apparently made up in that same episode, and you'll end
every word with {-ba}, like he did. Apparently, he still speaks whatever
dialect that was in force when his name (worf) was created.
-- charghwI'
