[89502] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: Listening device
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Josh Badgley)
Thu Sep 8 09:11:23 2011
From: "Josh Badgley " <joshbadgley@hotmail.com>
To: "felixm@kth.se " <felixm@kth.se>, " tlhingan-hol@kli.org "
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Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 13:01:04 +0000
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Reading TFR now...haven't come across any term, English or klingonaase...
-qomeQ
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Date: Thursday, September 08, 2011 7:17:18 am
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
Subject: RE: Listening device
qonwI' - Recorder
DaqwI' - Eaves-dropper
DaqmeH jan - Eavesdropping device
DaqmeH pat - Eavesdropping system (could be used to refer to a network of DaqwI'pu')
The question is what conotations the word Daq has in Klingon. If it has the same negative connotations as the English word "eavesdrop", or implies subterfuge (which is not really the case with II; everyone know about them), then it's probably not used in these devices' official names.
Does anybody remember what these were called in The Final Reflection?
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From: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org [tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org] on behalf of Josh Badgley [joshbadgley@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 13:51
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Subject: Listening device
I am writing my first short story in tlhIngan Hol...so far so good (I think) but I am searching for the correct term for basically a "survelliance device"...like the monitoring device seen in "Errand of Mercy". I am assuming that such devices would be fo
