tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 09 08:18:35 2007
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Re: Klingon DarSeq
At 03:19 AM Thursday 8/9/2007, Harry Smith wrote:
>>I searched the internet to see if anyone has constructed any Klingon DarSeq
>>and haven't found any.So as a smal contribution here is a sample file of
>>currency.I am sending as an attached pdf file as most should be able to read
>>that.Your thoughts will be appreciated. If anyone has found another site
>>with such images I would appreciate knowing about it. Have fun.
lay'tel SIvten:
>How do we see unattached? The attachment didn't come through.
Harry Smith wrote:
>I am tryng to resend with pdf attached. perhaps the mail filter on the mail
>list won't let it thru but Il try again.BTW Officially the money unit is
>supposed to be a coin but I wanted to try creating paper money for a variant
>of Klingon Monopoly I've been toying with and paper bills were the easiest
>way to do this.
The default email filters on my ISP's mainframe apparently strip off
mass-mailed attachments from mailing lists.
If you could mount the PDF file on the web then provide us the URL, we will
be able to see it via our web browsers and give you feedback.
In the interim, here's what I have about {DarSeq} in my notes FYI:
*darsek*, a Klingon unit of currency (KGT)
Since there are any number of phrases involving money that could be taken
the wrong way if {Huch} is pronounced {Quch} ["forehead"], many tourists
follow the Klingon practice of using the term {DarSeqmey} (...) to refer
to money in general.
DarSeqmey DaHutlh
You lack money ("You lack darseks"). (KGT 194)
During the Kot'baval Festival being celebrated at the Maranga IV outpost,
Worf gave a street vendor a couple of coins for what appeared to be a bag
of dried gagh. Later, Alexander wanted some money from his father to give
to a man who offered to show him Molor's head in a box for five darseks.
(TNG "First Born")
In 2153 the Klingon Judiciary placed a bounty of 9000 darseks for the
capture of escaped convict Jonathan Archer, dead or alive, which was
considered "a fortune" by the Tellarite bounty hunter Skalaar. When we saw
them, they appeared to be metal (latinum??) bars, approximately 1 x 3
inches in size, and were transported in a box. (ENT "Bounty")
Cf. also the nouns {DeQ} "credit" and {Huch} "money".
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons