tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 16 10:42:00 1996
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Re: KLBC: civilian space duty
- From: "eric d. zay" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: civilian space duty
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 13:46:01 -0500
jatlh ghunchu'wI'
> It occurs to me that in idiomatic English, the word "bug" can refer
> to a listening device; perhaps {Morska ghew} was meant to be a joke
> for the benefit of anyone who could understand the accent? Nah...
>
It has been a while since I read it, but I seem to recall that the novel
version of ST VI says that *ghew* or bug referred to imperial police who
were looking for smugglers. According to the book, the men at the Morska
listening post thought the Enterprise was a small time smuggling ship. So
remark of "Don't catch any bugs!" was a smug way of saying "Don't get
caught!"
SuSvaj