[84136] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Excelsior: Forged In Fire
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (naHQun)
Wed Feb 6 16:37:45 2008
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:35:32 -0500
From: naHQun <nahqun@gmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.2.20080206113016.02aa2b80@imap.uchicago.edu>
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
On Feb 6, 2008 12:37 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
> At 11:25 AM Wednesday 2/6/2008, I wrote:
> > >> glo'meH - glommer
> > >
> 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."
Incidentally, there was only ONE at the time of the episode. That's
why they had to get it back from Jones.
~naHQun
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