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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/5/2020 11:43 AM, Will Martin
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:C1E6BA13-B566-4CD8-8504-C05D4249ADF8@mac.com">
<div class="">While we enjoy working in the fantasy world of the
Klingon race as real, it’s good to keep in mind that Okrand
works with actors, directors, and makeup artists (the the
prosthetic teeth that Klingon actors often, but not always
wear), and whatever shows up on the movie screen is always
right.</div>
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<p>Only if Okrand explains it. If he doesn't explain it, then any
deviation from what he has explained may simply be an individual's
idiosyncrasy or error.</p>
<p>For instance, in Star Trek V, Vixis says <b>tlhIngan 'aH wa'
vub'e'.</b> She mispronounces <b>'oH.</b> From just this, you
can't conclude that <b>'aH</b> is an acceptable alternative to <b>'oH</b>
or that some cohorts find it so or anything of the kind.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:C1E6BA13-B566-4CD8-8504-C05D4249ADF8@mac.com">Okrand can
make up rules for syllabic emphasis, but if an actor mauls the
pronunciation, emphasis, or natural speech rhythm, it becomes
canon.</blockquote>
It becomes a canonical example of something that someone has said.
That doesn't mean we should derive rules from it. Have you never
misspoken or mispronounced something?<br>
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cite="mid:C1E6BA13-B566-4CD8-8504-C05D4249ADF8@mac.com">
<div class="">taH pagh…. [long pause] … taHbe’!</div>
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<p>Here's the clip: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/HsCVuO1yeJc?t=25">https://youtu.be/HsCVuO1yeJc?t=25</a></p>
<p>There's no long pause there. And if there were, what would that
mean? That you have to put a long pause between the <b>pagh</b>
and the <b>taHbe'?</b> Really?<br>
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