tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 07 14:36:59 2002
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Re: jIH vIchuHlu' - Words mentioned earlier but not in the NewWords list?
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- Subject: Re: jIH vIchuHlu' - Words mentioned earlier but not in the NewWords list?
- Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 14:36:46 EST
ghItlh ghunchu'wI':
>The specific meaning as used in the book was devised by DeCandido. The
>word {jeghpu'wI'} itself was the closest simple grammatical rendition of
>the intended meaning that a small group of people could come up with
>quickly. [Before he asked for assistance, DeCandido was apparently ready
>to name them {charghwI'}.]
Your memory of the specifics is better than mine, so correct me if I blur the
actual events.
What I recall is being introduced to Keith R. A. DeCandido at a convention in
Philadelphia. I think Susan Shwartz (co-author of VULCAN'S FORGE, among other
Trek novels) introduced us. Keith mentioned that he was writing a ST:TNG
novel which featured a lot of Klingons. So, quite naturally, I offerred him
assistance with any tlhIngan Hol he might want to include. He dismissed this
immediately, saying he had TKD and had managed just fine, and told me the
word he'd come up with that was supposed to mean something like "the
conquered ones." Sadly, the word did NOT mean that (though I don't recall now
if what he'd come up with was {charghwI'} or something else). I told him to
send me a list of any other items he needed for his book when he got back to
New York and he did so.
Now here's where my memory is fuzzy. In all likelihood I farmed out this list
for input from various Grammarians. That's what I usually do in such cases,
sometimes just for input, sometimes for extended discussion (depending on
whether or not the first round of inputs are in agreement). The results were
then passed on to Keith.
I was quite surprised and pleased to see an acknowledgment to the KLI in the
book. But then, ever since that episode (and before the book actually came
out) Keith has shown himself to be a friend of the KLI. He has donated
several items from his continuing association with Star Trek novels, which
have in turn been auctioned off to supplement the Kor Memorial Scholarship.
On a vaguely related note, Keith just sold his first non-media-tie-in novel
(he has many publishing credits for books in the Trek, Buffy, Hercules,
Farscape, and Marvel Comics Universes). That book, tentatively titled COPS IN
FANTASYLAND is due out from Pocket Books in 2004.
Lawrence