tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 09 13:55:56 1998
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Re: Klingon Bird of Prey (KBP) poster: THE TEXT!
: At 11:05 AM 12/9/98 -0800, charghwI' wrote:
:
: >> tlhIngan toQDuj 'ey'mey tetlh
: >> Klingon Bird of Prey Technical Callouts
: >
: >New word for "callout". Of course, when you call out, what sound
: >do you make, eh?
:
: I don't know the exact definition of a "callout", but it seems more likely
: to me that /tetlh/ represents 'callout' and /'ey'/ represents 'technical'.
As I noted in an earlier post, that should read {'ay'mey tetlh}, a "parts
list".
Sorry for the confusion.
: >> 30. tal SeHwI' nguSDI'
: >> Cannon Control Motor
: >
: >Motor. New word.
:
: I wonder if this is supposed to be /nguSwI'/.
And speaking of typos, that's a likely one since D and W are next to each
other
on the keyboard. I assume the lettering was done on the computer and not
drawn
by hand. But, now it's canon and Okrand tends to accept such mistakes.
: >> 39. muD ngeb SeHwI' pat
: >> Atmospheric Control System
: >
: >Interesting that they consider internal atmosphere to be fake.
:
: Perhaps, 'artificial'?
Or "synthetic". Whatever you call it, it ain't {muDna'} "real air". Cf.
tlhutlhmeH HIq ngeb qaq law' bIQ qaq puS
Drinking fake ale is better than drinking water. TKW
Okrand comments in TKW that "near beer" might be a better translation of {HIq
ngeb}, though I prefer the Trekkish "synthehol".
: -- ter'eS
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