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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Don't they have jay' arrows ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rhona Fenwick)
Thu Jul 20 16:38:12 2017
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ghItlhpu' mayqel, jatlh:
> I can't understand why there isn't a klingon word for "arrow".
The Australian indigenous people have been getting by perfectly well for 65=
,000 years without bow and arrow technology and they've largely done just f=
ine. The bow and arrow is a relatively recent development that seems to hav=
e been invented just once, in Eurasia, and spread out to the rest of the wo=
rld from there. Aside from which, a well-thrown spear from a woomera or atl=
atl can travel nearly as far as an arrow; the current world record for an a=
tlatl-propelled spear is 258.6 metres, set by Dave Engvall in 1995.
Given how exhaustive KGT's discussion of weaponry is, I believe the only re=
ason there isn't a Klingon word for "arrow" (or "bow", for that matter) is =
that they simply never developed bow and arrow technology, and that the {ch=
etvI'} was the device they used instead.
QeS 'utlh
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<p>ghItlhpu' mayqel, jatlh:</p>
<p>> <span>I can't understand why there isn't a klingon word for "a=
rrow".</span><br>
<br>
The Australian indigenous people have been getting by perfectly well for 65=
,000 years without bow and arrow technology and they've largely done just f=
ine. The bow and arrow is a relatively recent development that seems to hav=
e been invented just once, in Eurasia,
and spread out to the rest of the world from there. Aside from which, a we=
ll-thrown spear from a woomera or atlatl can travel nearly as far as an arr=
ow; the current world record for an atlatl-propelled spear is 258.6 metres,=
set by Dave Engvall in 1995.</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Given how exhaustive KGT's discussion of weaponry is, I believe the only=
reason there isn't a Klingon word for "arrow" (or "bow"=
;, for that matter) is that they simply never developed bow and arrow techn=
ology, and that the {chetvI'} was the device they used
instead. </p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>QeS 'utlh<br>
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