tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 20 19:11:15 1995
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Re: Calendar Ideas
- From: [email protected] (MR PAUL J COFFEY)
- Subject: Re: Calendar Ideas
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 21:50:22 EST
Joel Nagy said:
>Also what about the names of the Months in Klingon?
>I figure that years are probably done with year 1, being the year that
>either Kalesh was born or the year he became the Emperor of the Klingon >Empire.
>If we could gather enough info on the Klingon Calendar maybe we could make
>one.
I'd like that, but we need to know the celestial mechanics, orbital
elements and so forth, before that can be done.
Qeygh said:
>Since the Mac supports custom calendars for various languages, one
>should be able to write a Klingon calendar addition so that all your
>dates are converted to Klingon.
Yahbut, most calendar programs assume you want a calendar for planet
Earth. I'd like to find a flexible one.
Rick Young said:
>Kahless died 1,547 years earlier (A.D. 822).
It's good to have more exact data, but of course those are Earth years.
Alan Anderson said:
>I've considered using these Midwest-US-centric terms for seasons:
>{poH bIr, poH SuD, poH tuj, SorHeghHey poH}.
I have seen non-canon documents that specify, for Klinzhai, a
344.14-day year divided into three seasons and 68.8 five-day weeks. The
day specified is of 28 hours. There were also terms for the three seasons
[poHpochlI', lopyInlI', poHyoblI'].
Alan also asks what we would use these names for. I suggest, for starters,
the writing of Haiku, other forms of poetry and finally a novel.
Michiel Uitdehaag said a lot for which I give thanks. He had many good
points in his note.
Paul