[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghogh HablI' (noun)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon word: ghogh HablI'
Part of speech: noun
Definition: telephone
Source: HQ:v5n2p20
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ghogh HablI' mI' yIper 
What is the telephone number? (TNK)

(Mark Mandel):  After we (Dragon Systems) recorded the "native speakers" to make the acoustic models to build the speech recognition for the Language Lab on the Klingon CD-ROM, I got the idea of sending each speaker a formal thank-you letter. I translated our company letterhead into Klingon and, using the KLIpIqaD font, scissors, tape, and a color copier, made a bunch of Dragon Systems stationery with Klingon in pIqaD at the top and transliterated Klingon and English in small type at the bottom. But since this was associated with an official Klingon product, I wanted to be sure my Klingon was correct. I had been working with Marc Okrand by phone and e-mail during the project, and so I sent him the text of my transliterated Klingon letterhead, asking especially about my word for fax, which at the time was a compound word with no space. He wrote back, approximately, that he liked the idea, but he would prefer to express it as a two-word phrase, {nav HablI'}; and he also suggested the corresponding {ghogh HablI'} for telephone."

Lieven interviews Okrand (10/29/2015):
LLL:  Can the verb {Dut} "slam down" be used for other things, too?
MO: Yes, like when you're angry, you "slam down" the phone. 

SEE:
ghogh  		voice (n)
HablI'  		data transceiving device (n)
Qum  		communicate (v)
rIS 		signal, emit a signal
rI' 		hail (v)

SEE ALSO:
Qum  		communications, communication related technology (n) 
QumwI' 	communicator,  communications device (n)


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons