[86365] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: pIqaD bom
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark J. Reed)
Wed Jul 29 13:31:32 2009
In-Reply-To: <f60fe000907291028p621f868dlf1730a6caf3f3d18@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:29:57 -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
Er, that gets you to K, rather.. which I guess is a sort of pause
before the rushed-together LMNOP.
On 7/29/09, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com> wrote:
> But why does your first line stop where it does?
>
> 'at bay chay Day 'et ghay Hay'It jay lay may
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> That gets you to
>
> A B C D E F G H I J
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> in the English, which isn't a break.
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> And why are {Hay} and {'It} joined together?
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>
> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> The 'o'megh is "Now I know my ABC's, next time won't you sing with me.
>>
>> The DaH was moved up to cover the "missing" syllable, and I dropped the
>> 'next time' concept in favor of syllable count.
>>
>>
>> Is this making more sense?
>>
>>
>> ~naHQun
>>
>>
>> -Michael Roney, Jr.
>> Professional Klingon translator
>> http://twitter.com/roneyii
>>
>> --Sent from my Palm PrēSteven Boozer wrote:
>>
>> >From Mark J. Reed's mobile device:
>>
>>>Not getting the scansion. I learned the English as follows:
>>
>>>
>>
>>>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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>>>
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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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>>
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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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>>
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>> Which would be something like:
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>>
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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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>>
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>> DaH vuDlIj vISaHbe'!
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>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Voragh
>>
>> Canon Master of the Klingons
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>
>
> --
> Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com>
>
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com>
