tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 26 10:35:17 1995

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Re: Origin of 'Iw Re: Milk



David E G Sturm <[email protected]> writes:
\ On Fri, 26 May 1995 [email protected] wrote:
\ >      I realized I may need to explain my rationalization here. Okrand has 
\ >      stated before, that when he wanted a word for blood, he just used the 
\ >      sound people made during the floating blood scene in ST6, "'Iw".  He 
\ >      seems to like to use this method. i.e.:
\ 
\ Improbable.  ST6 came out in 1989.  TKD came out in late 1985 from work 
\ done in 1984.  I don't recall 'Iw being in ST3 Hol...  Maybe a script 
\ owner could confirm this.  Finally, if one is going to quote Okrand, it 
\ would be good to include the source.  He has *rarely* spoken canonically.

A minor innaccuracy - the point still stands that the Klingon word for
blood is an obvious pun on the sound "ewww", one of several such in
TKD.  But it is a good idea not to use "Okrand stated . . . " without
citing a source.

-marqoS
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