Borrowings from Klingon into Welsh

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#1

I think I’ve found a Welsh word which is borrowed from Klingon :slight_smile:

I remember seeing the word llall in an episode of Rownd a Rownd and I went to look it up just now.

“the other one(s)”… hm, sounds pretty much like the Klingon word latlh with that meaning (pronounced latll, with a Welsh ll at the end, albeit after a t)!

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#2

My favourite Klingon -> Welsh borrowing is arch-farch-nad, which I believe means “gathering place, where the children of your enemies may be traded at knockdown prices, and you can regularly get 3 for 2 offers on disruptor pistols”.

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#3

Klingon into Welsh, or Welsh into Klingon?

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#4

I thought that too, Margaret. I suspect that the irony is passing me by.:thinking:

#5

I have a feeling that the lad who invented the Klingon language as used in uk was Alex Greene of Wrexham. I imagine he used what was locally available for inspiration! I never liked Klingons much or found them very believable so did not take much notice of his offers to teach the language!

#6

And the best Zulu borrowings into Welsh?

Awu, sebekutholile omuhle kakhulu esigabeni bass, ingqondo, kodwa akukho tenors top, lokho ngoba isiqiniseko.

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#7

:musical_note:Madoda Harlech ayeke ukuphupha yakho…

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#8

Awuboni umkhonto wethu amaphuzu akhanyayo
Bheka warrior yethu pennants isakaza

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#9

One of my favourite scenes from any film. And another thread off-topic!

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#10

should we bring it back on topic and have a serious discussion on Klingon borrowings then?

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#11

Well, as the person who started the thread, I’d appreciate it if the Zulu and other things went to a different thread – there’s silly and there’s silly.

#12

luq Surgh vaj latlh vay’ zulu lo’ vaj 'oH par SoH jImon

Managed to get the latlh in as well

#13

So will Klingon be the next language available Aran?
(That might even get hubby interested in ssi)!

#14

We generally do very little with off-topic - I’ve always rather liked the natural tendency of conversations to flow in unexpected directions. The only time I ever actually move stuff is if it’s from an announcement thread of some time, and I think the conversation bids fair to hide the actual announcement… :slight_smile:

I can remember discussing this with Iestyn on a late night walk back into Aberystwyth from one of the birthday parties at the Llety Parc… :slight_smile: I think there’s a fighting chance we’ll get around to it one of these days, although I can’t say it’s an enormously high priority…:wink:

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#15

SSiKlingon would actually be really interesting for me, too – I claim Klingon as one of the languages that I can speak, but actually “speak” here means that I practise individual vocabulary items on flashcards regularly.

So when I’m actually called on to, you know, speak it, I have to retrieve it one word at a time, which takes “forever”. Ditto when listening to one of the few fluent speakers, when I have to parse each word of the sentence individually. Very little chunking except on very common phrases I’ve heard a lot. (For example, words such as “speak”, “can speak”, or “see” which often get trotted out as examples.)

I’ve been meaning to increase my spoken fluency in Klingon for a while, and I thought 2017 might be the year I focus on that… when along came SaySomethingInWelsh :blush: (oops)

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