tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 07 09:22:40 1995
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Re: ranks and titles (was Suppletion)
- From: "Christian Matzke" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: ranks and titles (was Suppletion)
- Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 12:26:18 -0500
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On 7 Nov 95 at 9:02, William H. Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
. There is not, in
> Klingon culture, a male ruler and a female ruler
> simultaneously. There is simply a ruler and his or her mate.
> Still, only one is the ruler. And if there is no mate, then
> there is simply a ruler. Gender is insignificant.
Lets say, just for the sake of argument, that there was a female
leader. Would we then have ta' (for her) and ta'loD (for her mate)?
It seems a little hinky...
> Meanwhile, our human attachment to gender is such that we seek
> a different word for a female ruler than we do for a male one.
> I see this as a human corruption and will tolerate it in
> Hamlet, but will never use it in my own language.
I can't think of when I'd use it to be honest! Kahless took a mate
(cf. TNG's Birthright), however, we know nothing else about her.
Calling her ta'be' just seems wrong...
Sorry about that name thing again...
> charghwI'
maSqa'
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