I’m totally with Okrand on {‘aS} being preferable to {‘oS} to transliterate “Oz”, in terms of vowel sound, but I wonder about transliteration of the English “Z” into Klingon.
Logically, we can deduce that {S} is the closest sound in Klingon to the English “Z", but I wonder if the vocalization of the “Z” would bother them enough that they’d simulate it with some vocalized sound next to it, like {‘aghSe’}.
That actually sounds closer to “Oz” to my ear than {‘aS}.
charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan
rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.
Marc suggested *'aS* over *'oS* (my original choice.) Not sure if that's canon since he said it's just his opinion and not Maltz's but here are his original words for you to decide:
(And maybe it should be 'aS instead of 'oS, based on pronunciation. Maltz never heard of the place, so he had no opinion.)
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