tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 03 12:22:21 1996

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Re:KLBC Indians (Re: toughie)

Daniel writes:
>I thought about translating America, which is Germanic for on the heather,
>(Am=on)+(erica=heather), but I don't think you have a Klingon word for heather.

I doubt you'll find many people who would understand "on the heather" as the
meaning of "America."  I certainly had never heard that translation.  Names
don't usually translate well.  The "meaning" behind the name is normally not
important.  Ironically, American Indians' names are often an exception; they
are usually descriptive, and the concept being described is important.

-- ghunchu'wI'               batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj

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