[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon spoken in latest Big Bang Theory?

Felix Malmenbeck felixm at kth.se
Thu May 17 04:45:05 PDT 2012


ghItlhta' QeS 'utlh,
> Actually that's one of the things that has *most* impressed me about the Big Bang
> Theory Klingon. It shows they've actually read the phonology properly. Remember
> that this kind of echo-vowel is explicitly described by Marc in TKD 1.1:
>
> "When Klingon {'} comes at the end of a word, the vowel preceding the {'} is often
> repeated in a very soft whisper, as if an echo... Occasionally the echo is quite
> audible, with a guttural sound like {gh} preceding the echoed vowel. For example,
> {yIlI'} "transmit it!" can sound more like {yIlI'ghI}. This extra-heavy echo is
> heard most often when the speaker is particularly excited or angry."

vIlIjpu'. Doj.

ghItlhta' ghunchu'wI',
> It was undeniably {DaHjaj mobHa' tlhIH}, with the next line starting
> {DaHjaj...} as well. I am certain he was interrupted before he could
> finish it with {...tagh wo'}.
>
> See http://www.tasigh.org/kordite/wedding.html for a likely source of the lines.

Qapla'!


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