tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 06 14:11:01 2008
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Re: Excelsior: Forged In Fire
Voragh:
> >>> glo'meH - glommer
> >>
> > Another thought... just *{ghIlam} might be the better. *{ghIlammey} might
> > well be misunderstood as "glommer" by a Federation Standard speaker. E.g.:
> >
> > Terran: "What are those things?"
> > Klingon: "We call them {ghIlammey}.
> > Terran: "Glommer?"
> > Klingon: "No. {ghIlammey}."
> > Terran: "Glommer?"
> > Klingon: "{ghIlam...mey}!!"
> > Terran: "Glommer?"
> > Klingon: [sighs] "Fine. Close enough."
naHQun:
>Incidentally, there was only ONE at the time of the episode. That's
>why they had to get it back from Jones.
So much for a good theory!
A genetically engineered {Sambogh 'ej HoHbogh nejwI'} "hunter-killer probe"
- or {yIH HoHwI'} - was it?
Was it by any chance a reptile? Dr Phlox once said about tribbles, "They
are outlawed on most worlds [due to their prodigious breeding]. Their
population is kept in check by the abundance of reptiles on their
homeworld" before casually feeding one to a lab animal. (ENT "The Breach")
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons