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Re: Klingon WOTD: 'ul (n)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: 'ul (n)
• Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 15:15:55 -0500
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]>

>Klingon word:   'ul
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition:     electricity

   chIch vay' 'oy'moHmeH 'oy'naQ 'ul law' tlhuD 'oH.
   Painstiks... emit a highly-charged shock for the express purpose
   of inflicting pain. S32

   "the painstik, {'oy'naQ}, a long staff that emits a powerful
   (and painful) jolt of electricity ({'ul}). Though not an
   implement of ancient origins (its use of electricity attests
   to that)..." (KGT 65)

>Additional Notes: Pun: UL

At qep'a' loSDIch Okrand confirmed the suspicion of a list member about its 
origin: electronic goods sold in the United States have a sticker on them 
saying UL ("Underwriter's Laboratory") showing they meet industry safety 
standards.



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 

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