[84134] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Excelsior: Forged In Fire
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Feb 6 12:39:24 2008
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:37:46 -0600
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.2.20080206111843.02aa4940@imap.uchicago.edu>
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At 11:25 AM Wednesday 2/6/2008, I wrote:
> >> glo'meH - glommer
> >
> >Apparently a glommer is a tribble-eating predator from TAS (The Animated
> >Series). According to Memory Alpha
> (http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Koloth):
> >
> > In 2269, Koloth pursued a Federation scoutship piloted by Cyrano Jones,
> > a Federation citizen who was responsible for causing ecological sabotage
> > to a Klingon planet and stealing a Klingon glommer. Koloth encountered
> > and attacked the USS Enterprise, under Kirk's command, in order to
> > retrieve Jones and the glommer. TAS: "More Tribbles, More Troubles")"
>
>More info on glommers at <http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki//en/wiki/Glommer>.
>
> >*{ghIlo'meH} or *{ghIlameH} might be a better transcription, modelled on
> >{ghIlab ghew} "glob fly" (KGT).
Another thought... just *{ghIlam} might be the better. *{ghIlammey} might
well be misunderstood as "glommer" by a Federation Standard speaker. E.g.:
Terran: "What are those things?"
Klingon: "We call them {ghIlammey}.
Terran: "Glommer?"
Klingon: "No. {ghIlammey}."
Terran: "Glommer?"
Klingon: "{ghIlam...mey}!!"
Terran: "Glommer?"
Klingon: [sighs] "Fine. Close enough."
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
