tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 02 13:44:58 1997
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Re: KLBC: Words for assassin & blade
- From: "SuSvaj" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Words for assassin & blade
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 16:52:03 -0400
> translate what you don't understand.
> ********Which is the reason for the original request. SOMETHING in
> tlhIngan Hol should mean "assassin" if there is an object called an
> "assassin's blade/knife".
> Form follows function and language follows culture. There is a need to
> distinguish an assassin's knife from a warrior's knife, so there
> *should* be a way to express the difference. I do not think that
> "killer" (HoHwI') would be translated as Assassin. Killers are not
> always assassins, though assasssins are always killers. Assassin comes
> from Hashishem (sp?), a very special kind of killer from the 12th
> Century. Indian Thuggees were religious killers
Drugged up religious killers! There religious convictions were enhanced by
hashish.
but not assassins, for
> they preferred random acts of murder.
>
> > What's a good Klingon word for "assassin"? I'd go with "chotwI'" most
of
> > the time, perhaps "HoHwI'" in some situations.
As assassination is commonplace as a means of both rising in rank, and
elimination of unfit superiors, or "honorable retirement" as Worf called
it, it is most certainly not considered a crime in and of it's self.
Therefore, I don't like using "chot." Since "assassin" usually implies
killing by stealth, I would prefer:
HoHwI' pegh, "Secret Killer."
SuSvaj