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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] My list of 19 new words revisited
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jesse Manoogian)
Fri Jul 28 00:27:57 2017
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Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 04:27:52 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jesse Manoogian <boyfromtheabyss@yahoo.com>
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Steven Boozer wrote:
>FWIW we now have the noun {Su'nIm} ?raised profile, ridges, pattern (as in=
fingerprints, tires, shoe >tread)? from qepHom 2015.=C2=A0 Okrand affirmed=
at qepHom 2009 that a single forehead ridge is a >{vIlHom}.
>
>To describe foreheads {QuchDu?} we use {vIl} ?be ridgy? vs. {Hab} ?be smoo=
th?.=C2=A0 Before {vIl} some >of us used {ghegh} ?be rough? or {tlher} ?be =
lumpy? (associated with food in KGT) to describe >foreheads, so I suppose t=
hese are available.
>
>If I saw *{qab vIl / ghegh / tlher} though, I would immediate think of tho=
se latex prosthetics that Trek >actors wear on their faces when playing ali=
ens.=C2=A0 <g>
"Su'nIm" could be a good word for wrinkle. I'm surprised, though, that it t=
ook until 2009 for Klingon to have a word for something as quintessentially=
defining of Klingons as forehead ridges. There is the SF narratology term =
"rubber-forehead alien" for instance.
Rubber-Forehead Aliens - TV Tropes
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=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501215887576_4458">Steven Boozer wrote:<b=
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div><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501215887576_4459">>FWIW w=
e now have the noun {Su'nIm} ?raised profile, ridges, pattern (as in finger=
prints, tires, shoe >tread)? from qepHom 2015. Okrand affirmed at =
qepHom 2009 that a single forehead ridge is a >{vIlHom}.<br id=3D"yui_3_=
16_0_ym19_1_1501215887576_4414">><br id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15012158875=
76_4415">>To describe foreheads {QuchDu?} we use {vIl} ?be ridgy? vs. {H=
ab} ?be smooth?. Before {vIl} some >of us used {ghegh} ?be rough? =
or {tlher} ?be lumpy? (associated with food in KGT) to describe >forehea=
ds, so I suppose these are available.<br id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501215887=
576_4416">><br id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501215887576_4417">>If I saw =
*{qab vIl / ghegh / tlher} though, I would immediate think of those latex p=
rosthetics that Trek >actors wear on their faces when playing aliens.&nb=
sp; <g></div><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501215887576_4=
460"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501215887576_4461"=
>"Su'nIm" could be a good word for wrinkle. I'm surprised, though, that it =
took until 2009 for Klingon to have a word for something as quintessentiall=
y defining of Klingons as forehead ridges. There is the SF narratology term=
"rubber-forehead alien" for instance.</div><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16=
_0_ym19_1_1501215887576_7622"><a href=3D"http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.=
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dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501215887576_7621"><a href=3D"http://t=
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60e2c946-ebd2-aa7c-123e-37b0a8f274ff" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501215887576=
_4426">Rubber-Forehead Aliens - TV Tropes</a><br></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_=
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