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Re: Klingon word for "Bookmarklet"/"Favelet"?

Lieven Litaer ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol ghojwI']

I (Quvar) wrote:
> > I made up a simple word for "bookmark"  [...]
> > I just combined "book" and "label" to *paqper*

Russ Perry Jr wrote:
> Why "book" though?  Why not "data" or "position" "label"? 

Good objection! 
And a simple answer: I did it because I know that terrans use it, and would
recognize *paqper* as "book-mark".

But I agree to you. Actually, only english people could recognize it like
that. In German it's called a "reading-sign", and a website is called a
"page"

> to a Klingon *paqper* might make them think 
> it's another word for "title", 

I agree. They probably have *completely* different words that are not relatd
to ours at all, and hey, I'm just kidding, maybe {web} is an ancient klingon
word for a library, or maybe a large combination of computers?? Or was that
maybe the word {net}??  ;-)

Quvar.

PS: when I translated "Internet" I used {'evnagh} ;-)


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