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mu' <poH>: mu'meywIj Qav rIntaH

>  It doesn't refer to "time" this way; it refers to a *period of* time.  The past two years.  From now 
> to lunchtime.  Every day from now until I die.  We don't have any 
> evidence that it can refer to a point in time, as would be necessary 
> here.  Perhaps that evidence will be forthcoming; perhaps we're skinning 
> the wrong targ.

You are. "Time" is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.

Any officer who gets asked a question by his Captain, and who then
dithers about what meaning to give to his words, will quickly get
assassinated. And then the Captain will turn to the next crewman and,
very carefully, repeat the question.

Not "What hour is it?;" not "At what hour is the moment we call 
'now?;" not "Computer: give me the clock's information."

That's worse than garbage.

The English word is "time." It refers to a moment; a short gap; a 
minute; an epoch. It's _all_ time. No matter how long, or how short.

If you're _really_ pedantic (and if you are, may Heaven have helped 
your hapless English teachers!) "time" can also refer to a "period of 
time" the duration of a nanosecond; immeasurably brief to human and 
Klingon, and therefore qualifying for the purpose of most everyday 
activities as "a point in time."

So, I'm sticking to "poH" until Marc Okrand (and _only_ Marc Okrand) 
says otherwise, and if anyone is _still_ complaining, I can only yell
"Read Page Nine!"

ja'chuqvam pItlh. _DaH._

Alex.
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