tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 07 15:46:48 2000
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Physics (was RE: some puns...)
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Physics (was RE: some puns...)
- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 16:48:32 -0700
jatlh Mike Crane:
> BTW is there a word for physics/physicist?
> I can't seem to find one.
There is not, as far as we know. <'u'QeD> - physics/cosmology - has been
suggested, and <HoSQeD> - physics/energy science - makes a nice compliment
to <HapQeD> - chemistry/matter science. <yInQeD> also seems like a natural
for "biology".
Until Marc Okrand describes how Klingons talk about the sciences in more
detail, these are all just guesses, but they make enough sense to be used
anyway. English has a word for "biology", but "life science" still often
gets used, and while I've never heard "matter science" used for chemistry, I
would immediately understand it.
Before you go blindly using using these suggestions, though, think about
what you need the word to describe. Even if you're studying physics, you
don't necessarily need a Klingon word for "physics" to describe your class.
For example, physics 101, which typically considers only classical Newtonian
mechanics, could be described as <*Newton* vIHmeH chutmey vIHaD> - "I am
studying Newton's laws of motion". Physics 102 might be described as <tlham,
'ul, peQ je vIHaD> - "I am studying gravity, electricity and magnetism".
pagh
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