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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lolchu'taH

Steven Boozer ([email protected]) 

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<p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="3" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HQ 11.2:&nbsp; The attitude of a plane is its orientation relative to something, such as the {ghangwI'} &quot;horizon&quot;. [...] Weirdly, although Maltz said he knew of no noun meaning
 &quot;attitude&quot;, the noun {lol} may show up in {lolSeHcha} &quot;attitude control thrusters&quot;. [...] The attitude of an aircraft is often talked about in terms of angles. The word for angle is {tajvaj}. Klingon {taH} means &quot;be at a negative angle&quot;.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Robyn
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, October 02, 2012 10:08 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> qurgh lungqIj<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> [email protected]<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lolchu'taH<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">lolchu'taH most definitely refers to aTtitude, the orientation of the craft with respect to the horizon (in atmosphere), and in space presumably with respect to whatever
 galactic plane causes Star Trek ships to always meet each other right side up, and to hang tilted when damaged.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">While &nbsp;the correct attitude varies.by mode of flight, without additional context, lolchu'taH might be a synonym for yoyHa'taH.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">'Iv qar leHnIS je 'orwI', 'ach lollaHchu'be'chugh 'Iv leHlaHbe'.&nbsp;<br>
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On 2012-10-02, at 7:46, qurgh lungqIj &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Someone else told me it was an error, and I didn't have time to check. I'll add that link's information to the word's entry in my database to prevent future issues.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">qurgh<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Felix Malmenbeck &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]"; target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">bIlughbe' 'e' vIHar.<br>
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<a href="http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?file=2002-06-holqed-11-2.txt&amp;get=source"; target="_blank">http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?file=2002-06-holqed-11-2.txt&amp;get=source</a><br>
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Our resident 'orwI'pu' can probably shed mote light on this, but it seems to me this refers to attitude in flight dynamics; a sort of equivalent to angle/argument/orientation in other fields.<br>
As the source puts it: &quot;its orientation relative to something&quot;<br>
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From: qurgh lungqIj [<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>]<br>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 16:09<br>
To: <a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a><br>
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: lolchu'taH<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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HIvqa' veqlargh.<br>
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That should be &quot;maintain a correct altitude&quot;<br>
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qurgh<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:01 AM, qurgh lungqIj &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>&lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>&gt;&gt;
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Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 02, 2012<br>
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Klingon word: lolchu'taH<br>
Part of speech: verb<br>
Definition: maintain a correct attitude (aircraft)<br>
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