tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 16 11:17:40 2000
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Re: elements
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: elements
- Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:15:40 -0600
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- References: <Your message of Wed, 15 Mar 2000 18:15:20 -0500>
Pillow wrote:
>> <voQSIp> is nitrogen, but choke-gas doesn't fit the pattern, as we
>> breath it and it makes up a great deal of our atmosphere.
Their's too:
yoq yIn yuQ 'oH Qo'noS'e'. yInSIp voQSIp je ngaS muDDaj.
Qo'noS is a class-M planet with an oxygen/nitrogen atmosphere. S27
HomDoq added:
: that said, nitrogen is "choke matter" ("Stickstoff") in
: German too; my guess(!) is, that the name comes because
: a nitrogen atmosphere will "choke" a flame; any chemists?
Oh, good point. BTW, would a human choke or gag if s/he breathed pure
nitrogen? Would a Klingon? (Of course even if the nitrogen didn't hurt them,
the lack of {yInSIp} - "life gas" or oxygen - would!)
: of course I haven't the slightest idea how Klingon chemists
: decided on the names for these gases.
Go ask Maltz; he's a science officer after all. <g>
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons