tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 13 19:58:17 2001
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Re: Klingon WOTD: HochHom (n)
From: "Steven Boozer" <[email protected]>
> wa'DIch tlhIngan Dujmey (*) luleghlu'pu'bogh rur qItI'nga'
> Duj tera' vatlh DIS poH cha'maH wej HochHom lo'lu'taH.
> Similar in configuration to the first Klingon vessels
> encountered, the K'Tinga-Class remained in use for most
> of the 23rd century. (SkyBox S15)
>
> * This is probably just a publisher's typo for {tlhIngan Dujmey wa'DIch}
"the
> first Klingon vessels" and not a hapax adverbial usage meaning something
like
> "first seen" as some have postulated.
Unless I misunderstand the term, this would not be a "publisher's typo." A
publisher wouldn't have any clue what any of this meant, and so wouldn't
have any real reason to go changing word orders. The error was probably
Okrand's.
SuStel
Stardate 1870.1