tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 03 11:01:08 2008
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Re: purple
- From: naHQun <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: purple
- Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:59:09 -0500
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On 1/3/08, Doq <[email protected]> wrote:
> Many human languages lack a word for purple. That doesn't mean the
> speakers of those languages can't see the color. It just means that
> Maltz neglected to include it in his definitions of {SuD} and {Doq}.
> He also didn't include chartreuse, mauve, brown, grey and a lot of
> other colors.
brown~Doq 'ej wovbe' MSN?
> There is no reason to fixate on purple and jump to
> conclusions about Klingon physiology.
"The fact that neither SuD nor Doq includes what is called "violet" or
"purple" in Federation Standard may be related to KLINGON
PHYSIOLOGY--that is, exactly how the Klingon eye processes different
wavelengths of light." KGT pp82-83 emphasis added
>
> Okrand was playing with a linguistic generalization when he created
> his color words. Some human languages have only two words for color
snip
linguistic joke; got it-
more bluer-purple-SuD
more reder-purple-Doq
I understand-discussion over.
~naHQun
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