tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 10 17:38:54 1998
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Re: Hab SoSlI' Quch! Hmmm . . .
- From: "Carl Beckom" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Hab SoSlI' Quch! Hmmm . . .
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 19:39:13 -0600
Klingons have always had their ridges. The smooth forhead Klingons you have
seen in the original tv series were a product of genetic engineering. Part
of the reason for the genetic engineering to create a more human looking
Klingon was to keep the Earthers from knowing what the Klingon race really
looked like, for a covert tactical reason but the expirement failed. Thus
the subject is not spoken of.
-----Original Message-----
From: Burt Clawson <[email protected]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 2:37 PM
Subject: RE: Hab SoSlI' Quch! Hmmm . . .
>ja' SuStel:
>
>> (1) There was some sort of deal with the Klingons back in the 23rd
Century
>> where some or all of them had smooth foreheads.
>
>> (2) Klingons do not discuss this smooth forehead business with outsiders,
>> and very likely, not much among themselves.
>
>> (3) Some, or all, Klingons had their foreheads changed to the ridged
>variety
>> sometime in the late 23rd Century.
>
>> (2) {Hab SoSlI' Quch} "Your mother has a smooth forehead!" is a really
>> viscious insult to a Klingon.
>
>> Perhaps {Hab SoSlI' Quch} is not a reference to the superiority of the
>> Klingons' ridged foreheads. Perhaps it is, instead, a reference to the
>Era
>> of the Smooth Foreheads. It would imply that your mother is one of those
>> Klingons who did NOT get her forehead changed along with everyone else, a
>> ridged forehead being vital to one's honor.
>
>> Just a thought. I don't recall if there's anything in Klingon for the
>> Galactic Traveler which contradicts this.
>
>> SuStel
>> Stardate 98860.2
>
>wa' Doch vIyu' neH. Habbe'bej qeylIS Quch. qaStaHvIS vatlh DIS poH cha'maH
>wejDIch boghpu' qeylIS.
>
>- tuv'el
>