[89111] in tlhIngan-Hol
mu'mey chu': Hun (was 'IHrun)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI' 'utlh)
Sun Aug 21 01:36:44 2011
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 01:25:12 -0400
From: "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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jIja'pu':
> chaq rap Hun 'IHrun je. chaq ru' mu'Heyvam chu' 'ej Hun qawDI' Marc
> Okrand ngab 'IHrun.
The word {'IHrun} is no longer in the opera. After Marc Okrand was alerted
to the Burning House precedent (thank you, Felix), this was his response:
> Thanks for the note about "khrun." I have no idea where that spelling
> came from, but I think I'll go along with Keith DeCandido's book and
> use {Hun} (not 'IHrun) as the Klingon version. A while back, I
> provided Keith with some Klingon words for a novel he was working on,
> but I honestly don't remember this one. Nevertheless, {Hun} it is.
So we do have an official spelling for the word. It's just not the one we
wrote down at the time.
-- ghunchu'wI'
