tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 14 13:58:46 1996
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Re: <K'>vaD ghItlhlu''a'?
- From: "Dark Viper (mayq)" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: <K'>vaD ghItlhlu''a'?
- Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 16:58:54 -0500
At 06:14 AM 11/14/96 -0800, Lee Lewis wrote:
>Many Klingonists, definitely those of us who are/were in KLAW,
>are/were heavily influenced by John Ford's book "The Final
>Reflection." In KLAW, this was required reading and many of us
>follow some of the Klingon practices as described in this novel.
>Specifically, changing one's name by adding K' at the beginning (for
>the Naval branch), or adding M' at the beginning (for Marines). It's
>a sort of verbal badge attached to one's name. My theld name is
>"qotlhpach." This is only used among my own theld members. My
>"official" or military name is "K'Pach." ...
When I wrote that message I assumed (and had the right to assume) that we
were talking about tlhIngan Hol here. Naming conventions using tlhIngan Hol.
This is a tlhIngan Hol mailing list, is it not?
> ... I would also point out that
>KLAW, John Ford, FASA, and "Klingons," all existed prior to Marc
>Okrand's TKD.
I never said they didn't. I never even slightly implied that. So why do you
bring it up? Please see my previous paragraph for why I brought up what I did.
-mayq