tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Sep 02 19:10:56 1996
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Re: KLBC: {-vaD} (oh, and {vaj} too !)
>Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 14:16:39 -0700
>From: [email protected] (HoD trI'Qal)
>>HoD trI'Qal, qaH,
>> ^
>>(errm, there isn't a word for "ma'am" by any chance, is there ?)
>There sure is, and you just used it. {{:)
>Actaully, we aren't sure if that is an acceptable use of <qaH> or not.
>Strangely enough, the rest of the language appears to be gender
>non-specific, except for the verbs for "to marry". I certainly don't mind
>being called <qaH>.
>Also, the Klingons being a militaristic society, perhaps this is "sir" as
>our Armed Forces use it: gender non-specific.
We have recent canon (from the Radio Times book) that "joH" is correct for
both sexes ("Lady Di" is translated as "Day joH," and special note is given
that "joH" swings both ways).
~mark