[84357] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon WOTD: Serrum (noun)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Apr 4 10:27:34 2008
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:24:59 -0500
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
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>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Friday, April 4, 2008.
>
>Klingon word: Serrum
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: earwax
Never used in canon.
>Additional Notes:
>HolQeD 12:4, p. 8: "Maltz's Reward: Part III." Ears (at least healthy
>ones) produce no byproducts other than earwax ({Serrum}), which is said to
>somehow just {vI'} "accumulate" in the ear.
Remember there are two words for ear:
KGT 88: {qogh} ("ear" - the external part, if there is one; the actual
organ of hearing, the {teS}, is usually considered too small to bother with)
Pun:
Cerumen is the medical term for earwax.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
