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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Soul Sister

Robyn Stewart ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']



I'd be comfortable saying that if chaj is her name, men can call her that. It's loosely analogous to men calling each other "buddy" in a friendly way but if my mother calls a tow truck driver that (she does, it's hilarious), she means "hey you dork who is about to tow my car!"

I would never call someone "Eskimo" but if I met someone who introduced himself as "Moses, but call me Eski-moe, everyone does, 'cause I'm Inuit," it would be non-insulting to call him that. People would still look at me funny in public, though.

I think chaj is a pretty good name, and better than qa' be'nI'. A heads up that it's going to get misspelled Chaj, and mispronounced chai.

- Qov

At 02:59 '?????' 1/31/2013, you wrote:
A friend of mine asked me to translate "soul sister" for her.
She's hoping to use the translation as her Klingon name.

I found two basic definitions on-line; she's aiming for the second one.
1) a black female, especially a fellow black female.
2) a woman whose thoughts, feelings, and attitudes closely match those
of another; a kindred spirit.

The phrase "kindred spirit" makes me think of Anne with an 'e'.
I would describe the relationship between Anne and Diana with {chaj}.

However, "A male Klingon would address a female Klingon as chaj only
to offend her."

Does this insult go away if it's her name?

~naHQun

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