tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 18 14:11:33 2002
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Re: the banned book (was: Re: klingon letters)
Deghnegh asks:
>I am not sure if this is correct but, gatlh tuchwI paq. (Why is the Book
>banned?)
qatlh paq tuchlu'?
Why is the book forbidden?
qatlh paq lutuchpu' Paramount?
Why did Paramount forbid the book?
The short answer is that Hetaq (the author) failed to ask Paramount's
permission before he published and sold his book. Paramount threatened to
sue him for violation of their copyright - yes, the words "Star Trek" and
"Klingon" are copyrighted here in the U.S.! - and Hetaq eventually agreed
to withdraw the book from circulation rather than undergo lengthy and
expensive litigation. IIRC he thought that he would probably win at trial,
but the lawsuit would surely have bankrupted him regardless of the verdict.
>I have a question about a word. It came from the banned book thread and
>the word is hatbogh (Temprature born). Is there some other meaning for the
>word bogh? I dont understand.
Look in TKD again. {Hatbogh} is not the noun {Hat} "temperature" plus the
verb {bogh} "be born", but rather the verb {Hat} "be illegal" plus the
relative clause marker suffix {-bogh}. E.g.:
Hat paq.
The book is illegal.
paq Hat
the illegal book
Hatbogh paq
the book which is illegal, the book that is illegal
paq HatmoHlu'bogh
the banned book, the book which they have banned (made illegal)
There are many homonyms in Klingon, so you need to carefully check the
glossaries and not stop at the first word or suffix which matches. Note
that the prefixes and suffixes attached to a word will tell you what part
of speech it is, so don't overlook the "v." and "n." tags in identifying
the proper word. The good news is that, after a while, it becomes automatic.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons