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Re: Klingon WOTD: Der (verb)

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: Der (verb)
• Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:32:22 -0600
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Thursday, November 23, 2006.
>
>Klingon word:   Der
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition:     yaw
>
>Additional Notes:
>HolQeD 11:2, p. 9.  Aircraft nose points left or right.

"When the nose of an airplane or similar craft moves to the left or the 
right, the plane is said to {Der} 'yaw'. [...] The attitude of an aircraft 
is often talked about in terms of angles. The word for 'angle' is {tajvaj}. 
Klingon {taH} means 'be at a negative angle'." (HQ 11.2:9)



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Voragh
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