Who the heck came up with “Fek’lhr”?! Like, it’s clearly it intended to be a Klingon word and not an Anglicization, but they failed miserably to actually follow the rules of the language.
“F” is not used for that sound in any major Klingon Romanization system (“f” corresponds to “ng” in xifan hol mapping); “v” is the closest thing.
“k” is also not used; that should be a “q”.
The apostrophe usually only comes after vowels, as it denotes a glottal stop.
“h” is not pronounced silently like it is here; it’s a weird consonant kind of like a soft g.
It’s so bad it looks like Okrand had to fix it in one of his Klingon audio tapes - the official Klingon word is “veqlargh”, leaving the TNG onscreen versiob as a very weird Anglicization with a pointless apostrophe.
I mean, that’s at least a grounded Anglicization that I could see someone in-universe coming up with. Pronunciation-wise, ”Fek’lhr” isn’t so bad either, but still incredibly stupid spelling-wise.
It’s certainly not canon, but Star Trek Online, Fek’lhr is part of the Fek’lhri species which I’m still trying to wrap my head around how they’re a space faring species
Who the heck came up with “Fek’lhr”?! Like, it’s clearly it intended to be a Klingon word and not an Anglicization, but they failed miserably to actually follow the rules of the language.
It’s so bad it looks like Okrand had to fix it in one of his Klingon audio tapes - the official Klingon word is “veqlargh”, leaving the TNG onscreen versiob as a very weird Anglicization with a pointless apostrophe.
So, what you’re saying he’s the Klingon equivalent of a Lovecraftian horror, featuring a name that is unspeakable by any known tongue.
Watch any series other than TNG with subtitles and you’ll see sometimes petaQ is given an Anglicized Earth spelling pethak (IIRC).
EDIT: Obviously not TOS.
I mean, that’s at least a grounded Anglicization that I could see someone in-universe coming up with. Pronunciation-wise, ”Fek’lhr” isn’t so bad either, but still incredibly stupid spelling-wise.
It would make sense that a figure like that could be an example of mythological syncretism. Fek’lhr could be a Klinoneesation of his real name.
It’s certainly not canon, but Star Trek Online, Fek’lhr is part of the Fek’lhri species which I’m still trying to wrap my head around how they’re a space faring species