[87047] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: pu'jIn
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terrence Donnelly)
Tue Nov 24 16:56:46 2009
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:55:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Terrence Donnelly <terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <C305E6BD33E2654DAE1F8F403247B6A6011382A8826B@EVS02.ad.uchicago.edu>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
--- On Tue, 11/24/09, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
> From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
> Subject: RE: pu'jIn
> To: "'tlhingan-hol@kli.org'" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 3:25 PM
> Lieven Litaer:
> >when I talked to Marc Okrand about the qepHom past
> weekend, I told him
> >that it was difficult to describe my job as an
> architect in Klingon.
> >
> >Here's is answer:
> >
> >===============
> >I did see him [Maltz] earlier today as he was running
> off to grab a cup
> >of coffee or something. I told him
> about the lack of good words
> >relating to architecture. He said he wasn't an
> architect himself, so
> >he'd have to think about that. But he did know the word
> for "plan" (the
> >big piece of paper). He said it's pu'jIn -- same
> as the word for "map."
> >===============
> >email from Marc Okrand, on November 20, 2009
> >-----------------------
> >
> >Okay, now I'm curious to see if Maltz remembers
> anything else :-)
>
> Hmm... such as a word for architecture? *{qachQeD}
> perhaps?
>
Alas, that serves just as well for "civil engineering" or "materials science". Architects don't really do a scientific study of buildings, but design ones using existing principles and materials.
-- ter'eS
