[86133] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: Klingon cardinal directions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Jul 1 14:21:29 2009
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "'tlhingan-hol@kli.org'" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:50:37 -0500
In-Reply-To: <2489DE3B-A9FF-4CD3-AD68-9C49528B11FB@alcaco.net>
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naHQun:
>>> FWIW, that was the orientation of the Klingon symbol in TOS.
>>> It was changed to it's modern "upright" position for TNG (and
>>> the later TOS movies). I can picture a Klingon compass using
>>> the symbol as it's pointer. Magnetic East?
DloraH:
>> Perhaps towards the sun rise in the east. And maybe the circle
>> in the background of the symbol is the sun.
ghunchu'wI':
>It is shown upright in the animated episode "More Tribbles, More
>Troubles".
Does anyone remember its orientation on Koloth's ship, the IKV Groth, in DS9 "Trials and Tribble-ations"? Did they include a CGI version of the ship? (For that matter, what about the new digitally-enhanced versions of TOS "The Trouble With Tribbles" etc.?)
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons
