tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 28 23:42:32 2006
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Re: quadrotriticale {loSpev}
- From: "QeS 'utlh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: quadrotriticale {loSpev}
- Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:42:15 +1000
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ghItlhpu' lay'SIv, ja':
>Dilithium could also refer to a transuranic element that resembles lithium
>in some way, such as outer shell configuration.
vaj, lithium rur Hoch ghom chong wa'DIch: sodium, potassium, rubidium,
caesium, francium je. (chaq bIQSIp je.)
>"Dilithium" would have to be a nickname, though, I think, because we
>have numeric syllables to create arbitrary chemical element names, such
>as unipentihexium, i.e., element 156.
Perhaps sodium (the next alkali metal) is the true dilithium? Maybe plain
old sodium chloride crystals could regulate a matter-antimatter reaction,
and ordinary potassium is what has been called trilithium... <g>
(Aside: Since we're on the topic of sodium... I just noticed that {na'} "be
salty" is probably a pun on the sodium contained in table salt. Sodium's
chemical symbol is Na.)
QeS 'utlh
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