Talk:Gre'thor
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How do you write Gre'thor in Klingonese? There is no 'G' in the language. Or a 'Gr' combonation.
- I'm not sure, but I bet you Gorkon, Gowron, and Kang weren't particularly fond of that grammatical rule... --From Andoria with Love 05:04, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, you may be mistaken about that – according to the Klingonese article, there are plenty of Klingon words with "g" in them – one of them being tlhIngan, the Klingon word for Klingon. ;) --From Andoria with Love 05:08, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- In tlhIngan Hol, there's a gh sound and an ng sound, but that's it for G combos. I guess Okrand wouldn't consider "Gre'thor" a proper Klingon word, and it was clearly made up by a writer. Okrand only consulted for the movies (4 of them, I think), and the TNG/DS9/VOY/ENT series writers would have had to use Okrand's Dictionary, or just make it up. Most, like Ronald D. Moore, just made it up.--Tim Thomason 05:52, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- Well, there isn't a 'K' either, but it's usually substituted for 'Q' or 'tlh'. Is there a combonation that sounds like 'G'? 'Ja' or something? I suppose I could make it up, but I'll try to stick to what's already been made if I can. I doubt I could do the language justice. ...I'm the guy who started this discussion, in case I sounded weird. I should really start logging in.
- You didn't sound weird, I knew it was you 73.34.65.187. While it would be nice to include the thlIngan version (which, according to Wikipedia, is ghe'tor or ghe''or, but that doesn't sound right to me), it would probably be better in the background here or the bg at the Klingonese article. I know some other articles don't follow this rule, but they need to be changed, as MA values episode and script content over outside reference material.--Tim Thomason 22:34, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- Well, there isn't a 'K' either, but it's usually substituted for 'Q' or 'tlh'. Is there a combonation that sounds like 'G'? 'Ja' or something? I suppose I could make it up, but I'll try to stick to what's already been made if I can. I doubt I could do the language justice. ...I'm the guy who started this discussion, in case I sounded weird. I should really start logging in.
- In tlhIngan Hol, there's a gh sound and an ng sound, but that's it for G combos. I guess Okrand wouldn't consider "Gre'thor" a proper Klingon word, and it was clearly made up by a writer. Okrand only consulted for the movies (4 of them, I think), and the TNG/DS9/VOY/ENT series writers would have had to use Okrand's Dictionary, or just make it up. Most, like Ronald D. Moore, just made it up.--Tim Thomason 05:52, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
