tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 30 11:20:53 1995
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Re: origin of the word {tlhIn...
Now, now..<shaking finger stirnly>...when you get off the topic of
tlhIngan Hol please resort to private e-mail rather than sending it to the
list.
The tlhIngan Hol Police have spoken }};-)
>
> There is much {perhaps non-canon] evidence that Klinzai (Qo'noS) was quite
> lush with much water before a passing asteroid altered the planets orbit and
> tilt slightly but enough that only 13 large bodies of water remained on the
> planet's surface. From that time on Klingons strived to live close to water
> sources and thus became far more aggressive.
>
> In Vulcan literature, in particular "Vulcan's Glory" by Dorothy C. Fontana,
> Spock became much more stolid because of having lost his first true romance,
> not T'Pring, but T'Pris.
>
> My point is: Klingons were not always a warrior society. They became one.
> Neither were the Japanese always a warrior society and are not now, but some
> of the social mores have rubbed off into their assertive business practices.
>
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