tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 06 12:24:22 2000
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Re: Speculation (Re: The Klingon word for "pun" should be 'oqIraD)
- From: [email protected] (Kevin McCormick)
- Subject: Re: Speculation (Re: The Klingon word for "pun" should be 'oqIraD)
- Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 15:25:03 -0500
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
From what I have red the {qell'qam} is roughly equal to 2000 meters. This
is based on the Star Trek encyclopedia if I recall correctly.
At 03:12 PM 1/6/00 -0500, you wrote:
>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
Best regards,
Kevin McCormick
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