tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jun 28 06:59:58 1997
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Re: KLBC: new words, once more for all...
David Trimboli wrote:
> [email protected] on behalf of Robyn Stewart wrote:
>
> > & I understand that Okrand had prepared a list of possible names for
>
> > & the Klingon Homeworld, but that someone eventually chose "Kronos."
>
> > & He obviously didn't want to use {QonoS}, because that was already
> > & one of his joke words: "log, journal."
> >
> > tlhaQ'a'? qatlh?
>
> I didn't say it was funny, I said it was a joke word. :)
>
> "Chrono" is a word element referring to time. When you keep a
> journal, you're
> recording events at various points of time. "Captain's Log, Stardate
> . . ."
>
> --
> SuStel
> Beginners' Grammarian
> Stardate 97489.2
Kronos (also spelt Cronos, Cronus) .
Greek myth : a Titan, son of Uranus (sky) and Gaea (earth), who ruled
the world until his son Zeus dethroned him.
Roman counterpart Saturn.
In astrology Saturn is seen as the planet of evil.
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