[Tlhingan-hol] village dweller

[Brent Kesler]

Personally, I don't put a glottal stop when transliterating
non-Klingon names--that way the word is obviously foreign to the
Klingon eye. Kinda the way Czechoslovakia looks in English.

Another rule of thumb I use is stress. In Klingon nouns, stress tends
to fall on syllables with glottal stops. So Nilo (pronounced NI-lo)
becomes nIylo, while nIylo' would suggest something like niLO.

But I like to overanalyze everything. Mostly, I think it's just a
matter of taste.

bI'reng

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 2:12 PM, André Müller <esperantist at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> And I think your transliteration 'apela works nicely for Apella. You might
> want to throw in a second l as in 'apella (although it's not pronounced in
> English), or another apostrophe at the end: 'apela' or 'apella', because
> barbara', HenrI', la'pa', tera', 'antonI', tlhI'yopatra', yaDe'ra'... but
> then again, Ansara = 'anSa'ra and Nilo = nIylo, so I guess it's up to you.
>
> Some day, I'll try to figure out the rules for transcribing foreign names
> from the already Klingonified names we have. Someday...