tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 11 09:56:48 2001
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Re: Enterprise
ghItlh ro'Han:
> In Ann Crispin's book "Sarek", she states that Klingon ships are referred to
> as "he":
>
> Jim Kirk: "What'll we name her?"
> Peter Kirk: "Actually, it's a he. And he already has a name."
>
> ... or something similar.
>
> I'm not sure what bearing this has on ships as possessors, but it would seem
> - assuming that *all* Ann's information came from Dr Okrand (her Klingon
> language phrases, at least, are in <<ta' Hol>>, direct from MO) - that
> Klingons anthropomorphise (??) their ships as well.
>
I doubt this is canonical, simply because how could you
make the distinction in Klingon between "he" and "she"?
They're both {ghaH}. The pair {ghaH/'oH} strongly
implies to me that lving/non-living is a much more
important distinction to the Klingons.
-- ter'eS
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