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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Spoils of war
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nIqolay Q)
Fri Sep 15 05:21:32 2017
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From: nIqolay Q <niqolay0@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 10:53:00 -0400
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On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:35 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
> It is ridiculous, and that's an understatement, that the mighty "warrior's
> language", doesn't have a word for "spoils".
>
How do you know it doesn't? Do you have your own Maltz living in your
basement? It's true that there is no word that means "spoils" *that we know
of yet*. All that means is that Marc Okrand hasn't gotten around to asking
Maltz about it. It doesn't necessarily say anything at all about Klingon
culture.
There was no word for "bridge" (as in the kind that goes over a river)
until 2012. Does that mean Klingons didn't discover bridges until then? We
don't yet know the Klingon expression for a "Heisenberg compensator" (an
integral part of transporter technology), yet Klingons manage to transport
themselves all over just fine.
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On T=
hu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:35 AM, mayqel qunenoS <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=
=3D"mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>></=
span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8e=
x;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">It is ridi=
culous, and that's an understatement, that the mighty "warrior'=
;s language", doesn't have a word for "spoils".<br></div=
></blockquote><div><br></div><div>How do you know it doesn't? Do you ha=
ve your own Maltz living in your basement? It's true that there is no w=
ord that means "spoils" <i>that we know of yet</i>. All that mean=
s is that Marc Okrand hasn't gotten around to asking Maltz about it. It=
doesn't necessarily say anything at all about Klingon culture.</div><d=
iv><br></div><div>There was no word for "bridge" (as in the kind =
that goes over a river) until 2012. Does that mean Klingons didn't disc=
over bridges until then? We don't yet know the Klingon expression for a=
"Heisenberg compensator" (an integral part of transporter techno=
logy), yet Klingons manage to transport themselves all over just fine.<br><=
/div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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