Re: Stargate Languages (was: Con-Names of Plan

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> From: Paul Bennett [mailto:paul.bennett@STARBAND.NET]
> Sent: Thursday, 2002 September 19 20:20
> To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CONLANG] Stargate Languages (was: Con-Names of Plan
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> On 19 Sep 2002 at 15:38, Davis, Iain E. wrote:
>
> >
> > > Talking about 'Earth', does anyone happen to know why on the
> > > Stargate TV show all the aliens refer to Earthlings (as a
> > > collective) as "the /ta:ri:/"?
> >
>
> It's closer to /tOu r\ei/ IMO, and it means "People of Ra",
> Ra (or Re) being the Goa'uld who ruled the planet Abydos (and
> formerly Earth, too) in the Stargate movie.
>
> The Tokra were originally /to:k r\A/ (or thereabouts) which
> was once claimed to mean "Opponents of Ra", but I'm not sure
> if that ever stuck.
>
> SG1 is one of the few shows I'm a complete nerd about.
> Somewhere, I have a Goa'uld / English dictionary and
> phrasebook that I had been monkeying together, but I think I
> may have lost it over the years.
Hmmm. That'd be interesting to look at.  Or even work on. :).  Darnit, I
wish I thought about it when Helen and I started re-watching the
episodes.  It'd be easy to watch with a notebook handy to note new
words.  Except I suck at determining what sounds are which from just
hearing it. :)

Iain