tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 21 14:01:01 1996
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Re: Question
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Question
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 17:00:48 -0400 (EDT)
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]> (messagefrom DannyBoy on Fri, 21 Jun 1996 10:02:28 -0700)
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>Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 10:02:28 -0700
>From: DannyBoy <[email protected]>
>Hi,
>I'm Dan Anatol, I study mech-eng, and work for an ISP here in Israel...
>AFAIK i'm the only person here (in israel) that has anything to do with
>studying the klingon language... i've started 4 days ago... and i'mfacinated :)
You're not. Doq, want to set him straight? :)
>so that's me.... :) an i'm looking for a klingon name... maybe you all can help.
>i want to know how to say two things:
>1) wild-stallion/horse
>2) porkupine(hedghog)
What's the English word for Orangutan? There isn't one; all there is is a
borrowing. Why would English have developed a word for something that
didn't exist in the countries where it evolved? Why would Klingons have a
native word for a Terran creature? Maybe you can find a Klingon animal
that's similar to a horse... but we know so little about Klingon animals,
except for the names of a handful of them.
We do have a picture of a "Qa'Hom" (little Qa'... either a young one or
perhaps another, smaller species that happens to resemble a Qa' slightly)
in the Klingon CD-ROM... It looks sort of like a porcupine, all spiky.
'Course, it's translated as "titmouse," probably because some Paramount
drone didn't realize that a titmouse is a bird...
~mark
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