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



 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


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