tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 29 06:52:05 1995
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Re: TLHINGAN-HOL digest 313
- From: [email protected] (MR PAUL J COFFEY)
- Subject: Re: TLHINGAN-HOL digest 313
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 09:50:57 EST
ghItlh marqem
>And the Klingons used a ternary numbering system before, presumably, they
>decided to get used to the system higher tech used.
I can understand adopting decimal numbering and decadic notation as
being more convenient, along with various other scientific standards and
conventions; moreover, Klingons may be more adaptable than Americans, who
still can't bring themselves to abandon their archaic mensuration system;
however, adopting the Terran 24-hour day doesn't seem to me to be a Klingon
sort of thing to do.
>We can either
> (1) say that they changed from 28 subdivisions to 24 for a similar
>reason;
> (2) say that their day-night cycle = approx. 28 Terran hours, but they
>divide it handily into 24 subdivisions, as we do; or
> (3) ignore the text that mentions a 28-hour day, as non-canonical and
>therefore no more for us than an entertaining thought, at best.
>I recommend (3).
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ghItlh .:ghor:.
> (4) They divide their day to 24 divisions, regardless of how long it
> is in Terran hours, which is something we haven't been told.
> 28 hours is all we have on the length, and even that's not
> canonical.
Moreover is for the planet Klinzhai, which is itself not canonical.
>...have adopted the way most *)[censored] worlds tell time."
I wonder what that means. Star Dates?
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