tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 02 19:19:44 1997
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Re: Things that make less sense than lolSeHcha
- From: Bill Willmerdinger <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Things that make less sense than lolSeHcha
- Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 21:39:10 -0400
- Organization: IKV Crystal Dagger, Klingon Assault Group Rochester NY
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Robyn Stewart wrote:
>
> I knew what lolSeHcha meant all along, but I'm now willing to admit
> to confusion on:
>
> QoD - (v) maneuver (engines)
>
> Is this a particular thing engines do that I am unaware of? Or does
> it refer to any maneuver performed under power? (So that if I do a
> hard about in a sailboat, jItlhe'qu', but if you shove the tiller
> across to follow in your motorboat, bIQoD.) Or perhaps the object of
> QoD must be QuQ. Or are engines an example, so that this matches the
> English definition "move manage or guide cleverly," to distinguish it
> from troop movements or "to cause by clever contriving." None of the
> English defininitions of maneuver in my dictionary includes engines.
I would speculate that "engines" was a clarification meant to indicate
that the verb referred to the maneuvering of a ship, and not troop
movements or political shenanigans. I don't think we've seen this in
canon, though, so it's hard to say precisely what he intended.
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