tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 02 07:43:45 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: Hur'Iq (noun)
Shane MiQogh:
> >During this game it appears a new Klingon cussword was introduced,
> >but weather or not one would choose to recognize it is up to you,
> >but it's official story wise. it sounds like "teqtaH" which could
> >also be a literal meaning, but worf said it in surprise.
QeS:
>"He is taking it off"? No, I don't think it would be meant to be interpreted
>literally.
This sounds suspiciously like Paramount's favorite insult {petaQ}: p'tahk,
pahtk, pahtak, p'tak, etc. (Are you sure the first consonant was a
/t/?) Although it's always an epithet in the many times we've heard it in
the episodes, it's possible some writer mis-used it as an expletive in the
game.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons