tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jun 14 23:51:02 2003
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RE: number of seasons
- From: "Se'noj le'umaS" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: number of seasons
- Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 10:44:42 +0600
> >DloraH <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> ghItlh Quvar:
> >> >Since we don't know anything about the klingon planet's weather, we
>don't
> >> >even know if they also have four seasons (why should they??)
>
> >> the main reason they would have four seasons is they likely have two
>main
> >> extreme seasons (hot/cold, wet/dry, etc.) and two transitional seasons.
> >> only if Qo'noS's orbit is (virtually) circular and its axial tilt is
> >> (virtually) nil will there be no extreme seasons.
>
> >But why should they divide it up the same way we do?
> >With the weather we have here in Rochester, you wouldn't think to divide
>up
> >the year into four even seasons. We have a month, maybe two, of summer;
>the
> >rest is winter.
> >
> >An example, our compass has four main directions. Klingons have three
>main
> >directions; chan, 'ev, and tIng.
>
>I think it would be apropos that the Klingons have three seasons:
>living, dying, dead (i.e. spring/summer, fall, winter in our terms).
>Might explain where the whole "3" thing came from too.
Some places here only hve 2 seasons, wet, and dry. is different everywhere
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