tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Dec 07 16:12:44 1996
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Re: yuch
- From: "eric d. zay" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: yuch
- Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 19:16:35 -0500
An even more curious state of affairs is why the klingons have a word for
cockroach <vetlh>. Roaches are Earth bugs also. But then perhaps they
hitched a ride to Kronos hiding in the crates of imported chocolate.
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> From: Oliver Pereira <[email protected]>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
> Subject: yuch
> Date: Saturday, December 07, 1996 6:40 PM
>
> > > how should i say praying mantis
> > Like this: "praying mantis." Unless there is a variety of praying
mantis in
> > the Klingon Empire (I always thought they were indigenous to Earth),
the
> > Klingons won't have a word for it.
>
> I've always wondered why there is a Klingon word for chocolate (yuch). Is
> it real Terran chocolate (maybe the Klingons import it?) or is it just
the
> nearest Klingon equivalent? Of course, this is a really stupid question,
> so no-one has to reply.
>
> 'olIva'
>
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