"My lord", Klingons, dialects and flags fluttering in the breeze

[Rÿcher]

To my knowledge, Kruge was the only Klingon to be called "my Lord" by other Klingons and by a non-Klingon, Saavik. How did Saavik know to call him that?

I have a theory.

Kruge seemed to pronounce a lot of Klingon words like speaking through hiccups. Maybe he was from an area of Quo'nos where the dialect was like that and where it was expected people of superior rank were called "Lord". Saavik, being of superior intelligence possibly knew something of Klingon society, recognized Kruge's accent or dialect and knew that people from his district or area preferred to be addressed a certain way maybe as a way to earn points with him.

 

[DRMidnite]

Kruge was a retard to start with.

 

[SonicRanger]

Kind of like recognizing that a higher-class Brit has the accent of the Queen's English? Clever idea.

 

[Rÿcher]

Kind of like recognizing that a higher-class Brit has the accent of the Queen's English? Clever idea.

whoa...

you mean someone actually got what I was saying?

I'm scared

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

To my knowledge, Kruge was the only Klingon to be called "my Lord" by other Klingons and by a non-Klingon, Saavik. How did Saavik know to call him that?

Maybe she was just feeding his ego, so to speak; so he wouldn't kill her.

 

[Timo]

Saavik, being of superior intelligence possibly knew something of Klingon society, recognized Kruge's accent or dialect and knew that people from his district or area preferred to be addressed a certain way maybe as a way to earn points with him.

Perhaps Klingon noblemen (a concept explicated in late DS9) at the time preferred that form of address, and the noble families were readily reconizable from their forehead patterns? Those things are pretty distinct, and Saavik might have known her cranial heraldry well enough.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Saavik, being of superior intelligence possibly knew something of Klingon society, recognized Kruge's accent or dialect and knew that people from his district or area preferred to be addressed a certain way maybe as a way to earn points with him.

Perhaps Klingon noblemen (a concept explicated in late DS9) at the time preferred that form of address, and the noble families were readily reconizable from their forehead patterns? Those things are pretty distinct, and Saavik might have known her cranial heraldry well enough.

Timo Saloniemi

Maybe it was Kruge's speech patterns. Assuming they are really speaking Klingon down there, Kruge could have spoken in such a way that made Saavik think he was some form of nobility.

 

[Captain Zog]

We know from DS9 that the Klingons had a class system in the 23rd century that later broke down. Presumably, only members of the higher warrior class had the right to command vessels.

 

[Guartho]

Maybe she was just tipped off by his shoulder sash thingy.

 

[Praetor]

In any case, I think it's a logical and sound theory to assume that for whatever reason, Saavik had the smarts to take a guess that Kruge was nobility and be right.