tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Feb 13 10:13:43 2000
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Re: KWOTD Survey
Can there be a Klingon Name of the Day ?? it could provide a good Base to learn
More about naming practices? The word Of the Day has already Made a difference
in My knowledge greatly. By the Way I thank you for the help you provide In the
Klingon language. For me between the Klingon Flash Cards and your work I am
getting better. Thank you
Kohnke Hew chenmoHwI
d'Armond Speers wrote:
> Quesion: Should KWOTD include proper names?
> Saghel: pongmey ngaSnIS'a' DaHjaj mu'?
>
> I've been asked more than once by more than one person about my policy of
> including proper names in the KWOTD. My feeling when I compiled the list
> was that I did not want to exclude any words, even uncommon ones. If
> someone could legitimately encounter a Klingon word somewhere, I'd want it
> on my list. I also didn't want to put myself in the position of having to
> decide which words were useful to include. Clearly some proper names are
> useful to include ({ghawran}), but others may not be ({'atrom}), so it's a
> judgement call. My judgement may not reflect someone else's idea of what's
> useful to include. So I included everything I had, with the understanding
> that some days' words would be less useful than others, but that the list
> would be complete.
>
> I've received enough comments, though, on this policy, that perhaps I should
> reconsider. I made a decision to start the KWOTD (since I had the resources
> and interest to do it), but the purpose of this is to benefit the
> recipients, not myself. And so I would now like to solicit the opinions of
> the community of Klingonists who receive KWOTD, about the usefulness of
> including such proper names. If you have an opinion on whether or not I
> should include them, please write to me and let me know, at
> <[email protected]>. (If you're reading this on the tlhIngan-Hol
> mailing list, don't reply to the list please.)
>
> Thanks much, and my apologies for the off-topic post.
>
> -- Holtej 'utlh
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> > Subject: [kwotd] Klingon WOTD: QaS (n)
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> > This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, February 10, 2000.
> >
> > Klingon word: QaS
> > Part of Speech: noun
> > Definition: Kras
> >
> > Additional Notes:
> > TKD p. 58. A proper name.
> >
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