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Re: DI'vI' Hol



96-10-07 15:32:01 EDT, jatlh ~mark:

> I was fooled at first as well, but the word is actually "DIvI'", not
>  "*DI'vI'".  I think there may be canon for "DIvI' Hol" for "Federation
>  Standard"; is there?

In Conversational Klingon.

>  Okrand never intended
>  "tlhIngan" to be the name of the Klingon homeworld (apparently he never
>  intended Qo'noS to be it either, but that's what happened.  He had a list
>  of three or four that he submitted to someone-or-other to choose, and I
>  think one was even chosen, but it never made it to the screen.  No, I
don't
>  know what the list was, nor which was chosen.  He mentioned it once at a
>  panel discussion.  I somehow doubt he'll tell us.)

It's a good thing, too.  If he did, we'd suddenly be up to our 'I'Du' in
names which don't really exist, right ~mark?  :-)

SuStel
Stardate 96769.0


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