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Re: Unexplained items in the dictionary in TKD
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Apr 21 21:27:31 1993
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From: Michael Everson <EVERSON@IRLEARN.UCD.IE>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 00:13:38 GMT
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On Wed, 21 Apr 93 14:16:26 CDT Erich Schneider said:
>>bireQtagh N bregit_lung* breathing set? excised animal lung?
>I think it's a disease.
What was Worf's chicken pox? Was it this?
>>qeli'qam N kellicam what is this?
>A unit of distance. In _ST3_ when Kruge's ship is approaching the
>Enterprise cloaked, Maltz reads off the decreasing ranges in "kellicams".
Worf also used this unit of measure in "Redemption".
>>Qi'tu' N Paradise* a planet? or a religious concept?
>Probably the Klingon paradise (a religious concept) mentioned in
>_ST5_. "Vortavor" was the Romulan paradise, I think.
Pronounced in a... well, in a way which can only imply strangeness in
Klingon dialects. On the other hand, the Andorian name was said to be
unpronounceable, and by a Vulcan too. (I've been a longtime fan of the
Andorians and have to say, I'm very disappointed in the way in which
Andorians have been portrayed in the ST4 and in STTNG. No where near
as cool as they were in "Journey to Babel".
>>targh N targ* what is this?
>Not sure.
It's a kind of Klingon pet, looks like a javelina (which is a kind of
Arizonan boar). Appeared in ??? "The Naked Now".
Michael Everson
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