tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 28 09:27:28 2010
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RE: A request for assistance
Voragh:
>>I don't think there is one. I usually spell it *{tlhoghnI'} because I
>>seem to recall Michael Dorn pronounced it /throg-nee/ in TNG "Angel One".
>>(But I wouldn't swear to it.) Also, my spelling may contain the morphemes
>>{tlhogh} "marriage" and {nI'} "be long/lengthy in duration". Worf didn't
>>say that the Throgni had any romantic overtones (like the rose), but I
>>thought he had a somewhat wistful expression during the scene. (Remember,
>>years before Worf asked K'Ehleyr to "take the oath" and marry him but
>>she turned him down. Perhaps he offered her a Throgni?)
Felix:
>I checked, and he pronounces it "throg-nye" (rhymes with "guy"... ...as
>in Bill Nye the Science Guy, not Guy de Maupassant). I like your
>etymology, though.
<sigh> Clearly my etymology drove my imagination.
Hmm... {nay} "marry (bride does this)" (v.) vs. {nay'} "course, dish (at a meal)" (n.). Looks like spelling it *{tlhoghnay} may preserve that etymology after all!
>It's worth noting that the smell of Throgni was apparently similar in
>scent to a sweet-smelling perfume used on Angel One. Worf found the
>scent stimulating, but Picard did not... ...although this was probably
>not so much due to the smell itself as it was because he was in a tense
>situation and had just been hit with a snowball by he-who-must-not-be-
>named; Dr. Crusher did not seem to mind the smell, but found it
>reminiscent of cologne. She claimed that its sweet scent inspires
>inhalation.
Not a perfume, but a virus:
"Worf found the smell of a Quazulu VIII virus similar to the
Throgni." [Star Trek Encyclopedia, p.219]
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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons