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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: matHa'

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Oct 11 12:53:15 2012

From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:52:52 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmNcgr937r-t2UOwO=eV4VcTqfd11+q0xE1CJY6LfOzqZQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Voragh:
>> Used in canon:
>>
>>   matHa', DoS jonta' neH 
>>   Gunner: target engine only. ST3
>>
>> TKD 78: The other word for "gunner", {matHa'}, remains 
>>         impervious to analysis.

De'vID:
> This wasn't a mispronunciation of {matlh} "Maltz" by any chance that
> was retrofitted, was it?  (Although Maltz wasn't the gunner who
> accidentally blew up the USS Grissom since that gunner was vaporised.)

{matHa'} doesn't fit the mouth movements for "gunner", but "Maltz" does.  Could the actor playing Kruge have mis-spoken?  IIRC that scene produced several retrofits.  Anyone know for certain?


--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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