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QapwI' yIwIv
- From: "Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen" <[email protected]>
- Subject: QapwI' yIwIv
- Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 15:43:47 -0500
The Psi Phi webpage, which tracks all Star Trek related books and other
print media, is accepting votes for the best of 2000.
Among other nominees is THE KLINGON HAMLET in the Best Miscellaneous
Book category, as well as my short story "jubHa'" in the Best Short
Story category.
Voting on the awards is open until midnight PST on the 31st of January.
Email your votes to: [email protected]
Lawrence
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Klingon WOTD: {parmaqqay}), but one rarely uses the word in direct address (as in, say, {parmaqqay HIghoS} [{parmaqqay}, come here]). Instead, couples (officially married and otherwise) tend to call each other by pet names (sometimes called endearments or hypocorisms or, in Klingon, {bang pongmey} ["beloveds' names'"]). A {bang pong} is usually couple-specific--that is, the set of expressions used by one couple is different from that used by another couple. Pet names are almost never uttered unless the two members of the couple are alone and, therefore, are seldom known by anyone else. Indeed, one of the defining characteristics of a bang pong is that it be secret, known only by the two members of the couple. The phenomenon of the {bang pong}, however, is not secret. Usually, parents teach their children how the system works and have to give examples in doing so, though it is not known whether the example pet names are actual pet names used by the parents doing the teaching. Sometimes, however, children learn about the custom from other children. In particular, younger children often tell each other pet names they have heard. A child who has a reputation for revealing pet names is usually quite popular among other children, though older Klingons, upon finding out about his or her lack of propriety, will ()
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Klingon WOTD: certainly take disciplinary action. As children grow older and start to experience {parmaq} (love, romance) themselves, they tend to become quite protective of their own {bang pongmey}. Primarily because of the conversations of children, but also because, despite all precautions, one member of a couple is on rare occasion overheard saying a {bang pong}, it ()
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