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Re: Klingon WOTD: QuQ (n)

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: QuQ (n)
• Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 22:28:57 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
• References: <[email protected]>

ja' Voragh:
>(I'm assuming that {botjan} refers to the device - i.e. the shield generator -
>and not the protective energy field {HoSchem} or force field {Surchem} itself.
>Okrand writes that "To shield a ship, one must activate the shields, 
>or {botjan
>chu'}" (KGT p.67).

It's clear to me that {botjan} *does* refer to the force field 
itself.  The immediately preceding sentence on that page says "The 
force field on a ship is called {botjan}."  The word list says 
{botjan} is "shields (force field on ship) (n)" on pages 212 and 256.

>Note, however, the counter-example of {matlh, jol yIchu'!
>"Maltz--activate [transporter] beam!" from ST3.)

I don't understand why you call it a counter-example.  What do you 
think it is contradicting?

-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh

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