tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 06 22:30:59 1995
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Re: chuS'ugh
On 6 Dec 95 at 21:35, [email protected]
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I can't believe I just did this--I went through the TNG books,
> because I knew where it should be, and I couldn't sleep until I
> found it...
>
> Power Hungry, book #6, stardate 42422.5 (copyright 1989, while TKD's
> addendum is copyright 1992)
>
> And the chuS'ugh is described as sounding like a forty-foot sheep
> being jabbed with an electric prod. And it's _not_ close enough for
> jazz.
>
> Lesson of the day: don't sell your TNG novels. Never know when
> they'll make a good post.
Thanks, I have been wondering about that word for years. I'm going to
have to by that novel now... Did the author thank Okrand?
maSqa'
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"Had I not known that I was dead already,
I would have mourned the loss of my life"
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(written while a knife protruded from his chest)
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