tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 24 13:56:18 2009
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RE: pu'jIn
- From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: pu'jIn
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:55:29 -0800 (PST)
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--- On Tue, 11/24/09, Steven Boozer <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: pu'jIn
> To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 3:25 PM
> Lieven Litaer:
> >when I talked to Marc Okrand about the qepHom past
> weekend, I told him
> >that it was difficult to describe my job as an
> architect in Klingon.
> >
> >Here's is answer:
> >
> >===============
> >I did see him [Maltz] earlier today as he was running
> off to grab a cup
> >of coffee or something. I told him
> about the lack of good words
> >relating to architecture. He said he wasn't an
> architect himself, so
> >he'd have to think about that. But he did know the word
> for "plan" (the
> >big piece of paper). He said it's pu'jIn -- same
> as the word for "map."
> >===============
> >email from Marc Okrand, on November 20, 2009
> >-----------------------
> >
> >Okay, now I'm curious to see if Maltz remembers
> anything else :-)
>
> Hmm... such as a word for architecture? *{qachQeD}
> perhaps?
>
Alas, that serves just as well for "civil engineering" or "materials science". Architects don't really do a scientific study of buildings, but design ones using existing principles and materials.
-- ter'eS