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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] {law}, bat'telh in new words list
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (MorphemeAddict)
Fri Mar 24 00:17:41 2017
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From: MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 22:17:08 -0600
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ghunchu'wI':
Re nogree: I'm going to take that as a 'no'.
Thanks for checking on the spelling.
lay'SIv
On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 9:16 PM, Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 6:41 PM, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote=
:
>
>> I just discovered the word {law} in the New Words List, 'nogree (1/243 o=
f
>> a circle)'. Was there a discussion here about this word? Are there other
>> words based on powers of three in Klingon math?
>>
>
> {cheb'a'} and {'uj'a'} are units of measurement equivalent to nine {cheb}
> and nine {'uj}, respectively.
>
> The idiom {wa'maH wej} meaning "it's complicated" is a reference to the
> archaic ternary-ish counting system. [The Klingon Dictionary gives
> examples: "Counting proceeded as follows: 1, 2, 3; 3+1, 3+2, 3+3; 2=C3=97=
3+1,
> 2=C3=973+2, 2=C3=973+3; 3=C3=973+1, 3=C3=973+2, 3=C3=973+3; and then it g=
ot complicated."]
>
> Is the English for {betleH bey'} really 'Bat'telh display', or should it
>> be 'Bat'leth display'?
>>
>
> I took the "bat'telh" spelling from the scripts for ST:TNG and from the
> Star Trek Encyclopedia. Can someone with the recently revised and expande=
d
> edition of the Encyclopedia tell me whether it has changed the "official"
> spelling to more closely match the bizarre Federation pronunciation?
>
> -- ghunchu'wI'
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:courier =
new,monospace">ghunchu'wI':=C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_default"=
style=3D"font-family:courier new,monospace">Re nogree: I'm going to ta=
ke that as a 'no'.=C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D=
"font-family:courier new,monospace"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" =
style=3D"font-family:courier new,monospace">Thanks for checking on the spel=
ling.=C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:courier =
new,monospace"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:=
courier new,monospace">lay'SIv</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><b=
r><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 9:16 PM, Alan Anderson=
<span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:qunchuy@alcaco.net" target=3D"_bla=
nk">qunchuy@alcaco.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_=
quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1=
ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
<span class=3D"">On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 6:41 PM, MorphemeAddict <span dir=
=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:lytlesw@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">lytlesw=
@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding=
-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-family:"courier new&quo=
t;,monospace">I just discovered the word {law} in the New Words List, '=
nogree (1/243 of a circle)'. Was there a discussion here about this wor=
d? Are there other words based on powers of three in Klingon math? =C2=A0</=
div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>{cheb'a'} and {&#=
39;uj'a'} are units of measurement equivalent to nine {cheb} and ni=
ne {'uj}, respectively.<br><br>The idiom {wa'maH wej} meaning "=
;it's complicated" is a reference to the archaic ternary-ish count=
ing system. [The Klingon=C2=A0Dictionary gives examples: "Counting pro=
ceeded as follows: 1, 2, 3; 3+1, 3+2, 3+3; 2=C3=973+1, 2=C3=973+2, 2=C3=973=
+3; 3=C3=973+1, 3=C3=973+2, 3=C3=973+3; and then it got complicated."]=
</div><span class=3D""><div><br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty=
le=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);paddi=
ng-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-family:"courier new&q=
uot;,monospace"></div><div style=3D"font-family:"courier new",mon=
ospace">Is the English for {betleH bey'} really 'Bat'telh displ=
ay', or should it be 'Bat'leth display'?=C2=A0</div></div><=
/blockquote></span><div><br>I took the "bat'telh" spelling fr=
om the scripts for ST:TNG and from the Star Trek Encyclopedia. Can someone =
with the recently revised and expanded edition of the Encyclopedia tell me =
whether it has changed the "official" spelling to more closely ma=
tch the bizarre Federation pronunciation?<br><br>-- ghunchu'wI'</di=
v></div></div></div>
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