[Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Countries

[Josh Badgley]

It's a weird situation, because basically nobody speaks the old languages in Ireland or Scotland anymore, and yet they're important parts of the culture.  Assuming a "real" Klingon went to Scotland, they aren't likely to stumble across a Gaelic speaker, and if they wanted to know the name of the country, they'd probably be told "Scotland" with a thick burr.  So "Suqo'lan" maybe? 
The New Zealand thing throws me not because they didn't use the Maori name, but because "New" does not translate to "nu"...I get the "SIylan" part though..


-- jhb

 Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:57:40 -0400
From: nahqun at gmail.com
To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Countries

Yes, New Zealand does stick out.
The Maori name is Aotearoa.
I wonder what the reasoning was.


Yes, it might help if I post the native names for Ireland and Scotland.

Ireland: Éire (if the special character gets scrambled, that's: Eire)
Scotland: Alba

~naHQun


~Michael Roney, Jr.
Professional Klingon translator
webOS developer

-- Sent from my HP Pre³



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