tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 05 07:55:45 2008
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Re: Klingon Empire: A Burning House
At 07:32 AM Tuesday 2/5/2008, naHQun wrote:
>Oh! and we see some opera singers backstage.
>
>Apparently it's a long held belief/tradition for the singers to drink
>(in this case cheap bloodwine) before a performance. They claimed
>(despite the medical inconsistencies) that it helped lubricate the
>throat and improve their singing ability. Some of them got quite
>drunk.
>
>Hence, thirsty as a singer.
{'oj; bomwI' rur}
The association of thirst with singing is probably due to the
custom of accompanying drinking with singing and the usual
practice of continuing both of these activities for a great
length of time. (KGT 129-30)
I like DeCandido's explanation better. I wonder... do we see the fine hand
of Marc Okrand behind this? It certainly sounds like one of his explanations.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons