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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Tantalizingly ... puberty
- From: Fiat Knox <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Tantalizingly ... puberty
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:44:07 +0100 (BST)
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<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>The Memory Alpha site lists the word </span><span> <i><a href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Jak%27tahla" title="Jak'tahla">Jak'tahla</a></i> in its database, thus:-</span></div><br><div><i><b>Jak'tahla</b></i> is a <a href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Klingonese" title="Klingonese">Klingon word</a> that roughly translates into the <a href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Klingon" title="Klingon">Klingon</a> version of <a href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Puberty" title="Puberty">puberty</a> that affects Klingons during their teenage years. It is characterized by accelerated <a href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Hair" title="Hair">hair</a> growth, mood swings, increased aggressive tendencies, the appearance of <a href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Gorch" title="Gorch">gorches</a> on the Klingon's face, among
other things.
</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic;"><a href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_Picard" title="Jean-Luc Picard">Jean-Luc Picard</a> quipped that the translation of <a href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Puberty" title="Puberty">puberty</a> "hardly does it justice". (<i><a href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Insurrection" title="Star Trek: Insurrection"><span style="cursor: help;" title="Star Trek: Insurrection">Star Trek: Insurrection</span></a></i>)
</div><div>In <a href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/2375" title="2375">2375</a>, the <a href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Metaphasic_radiation" title="Metaphasic radiation">metaphasic radiation</a> from the <a href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Ba%27ku_%28planet%29" title="Ba'ku (planet)">Ba'ku planet</a>'s ring's caused <a href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Commander" title="Lieutenant Commander" class="mw-redirect">Lieutenant Commander</a> <a href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Worf" title="Worf">Worf</a> to re-enter <i>jak'tahla</i>. (<i><a href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Insurrection" title="Star Trek: Insurrection"><span style="cursor: help;" title="Star Trek: Insurrection">Star Trek: Insurrection</span></a></i>)
</div><br>Please don't force me to relive memories of watching <span style="font-style: italic;">Star Trek: Insurrection</span> again.<br><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Robyn Stewart <[email protected]><br><div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> tlhIngan Hol mailing list <[email protected]> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 29 July 2013, 16:21<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Tlhingan-hol] Tantalizingly ... puberty<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>Marc told a story in which he was alerted that a producer
[may not have been<br>the exact title] was going to call him looking for a Klingon word for<br>"puberty". He prepared a few alternatives, as he usually does in such cases.<br>When the phone call came the question was "Is there a Klingon word for<br>puberty."<br><br>Marc answered, "No...." preparing to then provide his suggestions, but the<br>producer cut him off,<br><br>"Good, because I made one up." Marc said that fortunately the producer's<br>word was consistent with Klingon phonology, so in my opinion Marc has<br>accepted that word into canon. He doesn't himself remember what it is, but<br>it is in one of the TNG movies, the one where they get younger. He explains<br>Worf calling a pimple a "gortch" by saying that Klingons are so embarrassed<br>by such things that they name them in an alien language, to distance<br>themselves. Likewise Klingons appear to prefer naming children in other<br>languages, which is why character names are not
consistent with ta' Hol.<br><br>- Qov<br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Tlhingan-hol mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:[email protected]" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br><a href="http://stodi.digitalkingdom.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol" target="_blank">http://stodi.digitalkingdom.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>
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