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Speculation (Re: The Klingon word for "pun" should be 'oqIraD)



In a message dated 1/4/00 4:13:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] 
writes:

> > > qelI'qam = kilo[qam] = 1000 "feet" (snicker)
>  > > 
>  > > Of course each [qam] would be about 16 feet long...
>   va!  I meant six feet...
> 
Which is believable, if {qam} translates more literally as a "pace".

    qelI'qam = "a thousand paces/the thousand pace mark"

Hmm...close to the maximum range of a longbow.  I wonder...

quljIb


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