tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 20 14:41:44 1995
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vocabulary
- From: [email protected] (Bill Willmerdinger)
- Subject: vocabulary
- Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 23:43:46
uu> From: ur-valhalla!netusa1.net!caanders (Alan Anderson)
uu> Subject: vocabulary
uu> Message-ID: <v01520d01accb38bed596@[205.139.170.201]>
uu> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 21:50:22 -0800
uu> Bill Willmerdinger writes:
>I have always used {juHHov} "Home's star" simply because the Klingons of
>TNG always talked about "Homeworld".
uu> "Home's star" is specific to the speaker, and most Klingons would
uu> think of it as the star around which Qo'noS orbits. Since most of our
Put that down to my mind-set; when I deal with tlhIngan Hol, I find
myself thinking like a Klingon, and of course the Sun *would* be the
star of Homeworld.
uu> difference between "sun" and "Sol". "Sol" is the name of the star
uu> Earth orbits. "Sun" is a common term for a planet's star. If you
And I know many people who would not know what Sol was if you showed
them on a map! <g>
uu> really do mean "the Homeworld's star", then {juHHov} is good. If you
uu> really want to mean Earth's sun, perhaps you should call it {tera' Hov}
uu> (or {*Sol}). If the specific sun is not important, I think {pem Hov}
uu> will be understood by most people.
Agreed.
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