tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 16 06:50:42 1996
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Re: Coffee
- From: "Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Coffee
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 06:50:42 -0700
> Klingons definitely know what coffee is. The word, provided by Marc Okrand
> to Dr. Schoen, is {qa'vIn}. Obviously a borrow of "caffeine", which
> unfortunately leaves us wondering how to distinguish the drug from its most
> popular solution in Klingon . . .
When Marc gave me the word (we were chatting by phone) I immediately asked him
if it was cognate for "coffee" or for "caffeine." I could hear him smiling on
the phone as he replied something like "yes, that's a very good question..."
Lawrence
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