[86364] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: pIqaD bom
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark J. Reed)
Wed Jul 29 13:30:57 2009
In-Reply-To: <4a708163.c5c2f10a.654e.ffffe257@mx.google.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:28:34 -0400
From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@gmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
But why does your first line stop where it does?
'at bay chay Day 'et ghay Hay'It jay lay may
That gets you to
A B C D E F G H I J
in the English, which isn't a break.
And why are {Hay} and {'It} joined together?
On 7/29/09, Michael Roney, Jr. <nahqun@gmail.com> wrote:
> While my wife has recently informed me of the similarities between this song
> and Twinkle, Twinkle; I have never compared the two in this manner.
> I simply took each English letter as 1 syllable except for w which is 3 and
> matched the Klingon accordingly.
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> As mentioned ' is 2 syllables which leaves us 1 syllable short.
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> My song ends with "w x y & z" with only 1 &, not 2.
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> The 'o'megh is "Now I know my ABC's, next time won't you sing with me.
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> The DaH was moved up to cover the "missing" syllable, and I dropped the
> 'next time' concept in favor of syllable count.
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> Is this making more sense?
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> ~naHQun
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> -Michael Roney, Jr.
> Professional Klingon translator
> http://twitter.com/roneyii
>
> --Sent from my Palm PrēSteven Boozer wrote:
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> >From Mark J. Reed's mobile device:
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>>Not getting the scansion. I learned the English as follows:
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>>A,B,C,D,E,F,G. (Twinkle twinkle little star)
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>>H,I,J,K,L-M,N-O,P. (How I wonder what you are)
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>>Q,R,S. (Up above)
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>>(and) T,U,V (the world so high)
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>>W,X and Y and Z (like a diamond in the sky)
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>>Which would map to something like this:
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>> 'at,bay,chay,Day,'et,ghay,Hay
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>> 'It,jay,lay,may,nay-ngay,'ot-pay,qay
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>> Qay ray Say
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>> tay tlhay 'ut vay
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>> way yay qaghwI' je. rIntaH.
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> Don't forget the {'o'megh}:
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> Now I know my ABC's. (Twinkle twinkle little star)
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> What do you think of me? (How I wonder what you are)
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> Which would be something like:
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> DaH pIqaD'e' vISov.
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> DaH vuDlIj'e' yIja'!
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> though a more Klingon approach would be:
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> DaH vuDlIj vISaHbe'!
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> --
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> Voragh
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> Canon Master of the Klingons
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com>
