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[Tlhingan-hol] Fwd: Re: new word
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While updating my personal dictionary I noticed that people didn't see
weQmoQnaQ the way I did. I looked at it, saw "The whole ball of
wax," a somewhat dated English expression meaning something
between "everything" and "a lot of complicated stuff"
and didn't notice people weren't saying the same thing.<br><br>
I'm sure this is way late to the party, but just in case.<br><br>
Also Chicago's qepHom rocks big time. I've just enjoyed my second virtual
attendance.<br><br>
-Qov<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Or maybe it has to do with the
abbreviation "wmn", I had to search this on Wikipedia, though,
Wireless Mesh Network:<br><br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMN";>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMN</a><br><br>
Well, it's remotely related. But I didn't know it either... not sure if
that's the relation.<br><br>
- André<br><br>
2012/11/19 Felix Malmenbeck
<<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>><br>
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<dd>Obstruct the candle authorities! #OccupyQo'noS #www<br><br>
<dd>Okay, maybe that's not it...<br>
<dd>________________________________________<br>
<dd>From: Steven Boozer
[<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>]<br>
<dd>Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 16:04<br>
<dd>To:
<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a><br>
<dd>Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] new word<br><br>
<dd>taD:<br>
<dd>>> I think the main pun/gag here is that the English
abbreviation<br>
<dd>>> "www" can be translated as "QQQ", if we
use the last (rather than<br>
<dd>>> first) letter of each syllable in weQmoQnaQ.<br><br>
<dd>Lieven:<br>
<dd>> That was my first thought too, but the existing meaning of
the<br>
<dd>> syllables<br>
<dd>> kept bugging me. He could have used any syllable for
that.<br><br>
<dd>{weQmoQnaQ}: Â candle - ball - stick? Â English is my native language
but I don't get it either. Â (But maybe it's too early in the
morning!)<br><br>
<dd>Marc Okrand wrote (va Lieven):<br><br>
<dd>Â Maltz said that the primitive computer systems used by<br>
<dd>Â Terrans are very different from the superior systems
used<br>
<dd>Â by Klingons, but there is some overlap. He was going to<br>
<dd>Â give this more thought also, but he did say that the<br>
<dd>Â closest thing to "World Wide Web" is
{weQmoQnaQ}.<br><br>
<dd>Â I checked with Maltz.<br><br>
<dd>Â He's fuzzy about Terran computer technology and computer<br>
<dd>Â terms, but he said that {weQmoQnaQ} is not the same
thing<br>
<dd>Â as the Internet. Â He said, if he understands correctly,<br>
<dd>Â you can do many more things with the Internet than just<br>
<dd>Â dealing with the {weQmoQnaQ}. Â But he stopped there, so<br>
<dd>Â I'll have to bother him again to find out about these<br>
<dd>Â other things.<br><br>
<dd>He may be talking about the World Wide Web as information net, not a
source of movies, music, email, etc.<br><br>
<dd>In Trek the Klingon Imperial Information Net is the main database of
information for the Klingon Empire, including biographical records and
the public records of the High Council. Â Shortly before her death in
2387, Ambassador K'Ehleyr was denied access to files on the Net (via a
[subspace?] interlink from the Enterprise-D) relating to the High
Council's inquiries into the Khitomer Massacre because Council Member
Duras had restricted the files to "*du-ko-cha* clearance" or
higher; K'Ehleyr's own clearance of *pah-doQ-cha* was insufficient to
gain access. (TNG: "Reunion")<br><br>
<dd>In TNG "The Icarus Factor" Wesley consulted the Klingon
Cultural Database while researching the Rite of Ascension. Â This may be
a subset of the Imperial Information Net -- or it could be something
maintained by Starfleet or the Federation to avoid misunderstandings with
Klingons.<br><br>
<br>
<dd>--<br>
<dd>Voragh<br>
<dd>Ca'Non Master of the Klingons<br><br>
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