tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 07 09:37:56 1995
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Re: ranks and titles (was Suppletion)
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: ranks and titles (was Suppletion)
- Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 12:37:51 -0500 (EST)
- In-Reply-To: <9511071722.AA09271@acsweb> from "Christian Matzke" at Nov 7, 95 09:24:29 am
According to Christian Matzke:
>
> 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...
ghobe'! qab qechvam. ta' loDnal ghaH neH. mu' chu'
wIchennISbe'moH.
> > 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...
Exactly my point.
> maSqa'
charghwI'
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