[2736] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: CK intro
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Jan 24 11:44:04 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, 24 Jan 94 10:11:25 EST
On Jan 23, 6:47pm, Amy West wrote:
> Subject: Re: CK intro
>
> > Help me out guys. I'm trying to transcribe the introduction to CK...
> > quchqu'choH qoH
> > [The fool becomes very happy]?
>
> I was expecting something like, "The game is afoot". Could
> your {quch} be {Quj}. Can't make sense of it.
Thanks. That's bound to be a step closer. I didn't think I had it right.
I'll listen to it again tonight. I was also suspecting it might be using
{qughDuj} as I later scanned TKD looking for SOMETHING that might match up,
but I do not think I misheard THAT badly. Perhaps it is {Qujqu'choH}, but
then, where does the {qoH} fit in, or is that also a mistake on my part? "The
fool begins to very much play."? Could it be {Qob} or {Qogh}?
> >quvatlh vaj vaHergh ????????????
> >[This is the challenge guys (no gender reference intended). Name that
> Tune.]
>
> There's two voices. One curses, saying {qu'vatlh}, and the other
> I think, is saying {vaj maHegh} = "So, we die", or something like that.
>
> -- Amy West -----------------------------------------------------
If this is true, qu'vatlh was pronounced with the kind of accent Okrand
pounded in PK. I did not recognize it as two voices. I will listen again. I
also had considered {maHegh}, but it just didn't sound right. I know that the
difference between {Hegh} and {Hergh} is pretty subtle, but I definitely
thought I heard the {r}. I also was listening for the {m} in {maHegh} and
thought it sounded more like a {v}. So I will listen again (and again and
again...)
Still, this was EXACTLY the kind of help I sought. Thanks again.
-- charghwI'
