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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: He // Is there a
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Feb 4 09:19:53 2015
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 14:19:43 +0000
In-Reply-To: <004701d04036$43953d10$cabfb730$@flyingstart.ca>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@kli.org
Agreed - I've had that pun listed in my notes for years. Note also the ver=
b {Don} "be parallel, go parallel to:
De'vID (11/19/2014): I actually specifically asked [Okrand] about how to u=
se {Don}, and whether {DonHa'} means "perpendicular". The reason I asked ab=
out {Don} is that it's defined as both "be parallel" and "go parallel to", =
suggesting it can either take a plural subject (?{Don rav, rav'eq je}) or a=
n object (?{'entepray' Don Qo'noS wa'}). He answered with {leD} ["be perpen=
dicular"], which he explained is normally used with plural subjects (implyi=
ng it doesn't take an object). Does that make {Don} and {leD} a pair of wor=
ds which one might expect to be parallel, but actually aren't quite - that =
is, as if they were misaligned ({DonHa'})? :-) I think that's part of the j=
oke." ( =
Obligatory Trek references:
"We are on a parallel course with [the asteroid-ship] Yonada" (TOS "For the=
World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky")
An unnamed Klingon D-7 battlecruiser maintained a parallel course with the =
Enterprise to Troyius: "He's paralleling us again." (Spock, TOS "Elaan of T=
royius")
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robyn Stewart [mailto:robyn@flyingstart.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 10:52 PM
> =
> It's a pun. There's no way Dr. Okarnd didn't do that on purpose.
> =
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael K=FAnin [mailto:netzakh@yahoo.com]
> Sent: February 3, 2015 15:21
> =
> On the one hand, {HeDon} means "parallel course," {He Don}.
> On the other hand, it sounds like "head-on" (which, of course, has the
> opposite meaning). Is it a pun or a coincidence?
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