[90737] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] plural of
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Thu Nov 17 10:08:42 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:08:28 -0600
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmNfbfbjtUfwmw7OTbjhTK4H2exhL943S_f1a6qFDka1=A@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
Lieven:=A0=A0
>Next, adding to this situation, we must remember that the TalkNow =
>Software is written on how "a visiting Klingon would call a thing =
>he sees on earth". Form this point of view, apparently (my guess) =
>Klingons don't have CDs. That's why the Klingon calls it a =
>"data-plate". And the plural of plate is {ngop}, of course.
=A0
De'vID:
>> In TNG, the Federation seems to transfer data on some kind
>> of "data crystal" (what? =A0why don't they have wifi or
>> Bluetooth or something?). =A0Do we know what Klingons use?
IIRC we've seen Klingon tricorders and PADDs, but I don't recall ever seein=
g a data storage device. In TOS those solid plastic squares were called "m=
icrotapes" or "data solids". In TNG those translucent plastic rectangles (=
about 1 x 2 inches) were called "isolinear chips" and in DS9 the Cardassian=
s - and everyone else on Terok Nor - used "isolinear rods" (plastic cylinde=
rs about the size of a cigarette). The USS Voyager used "bio-neural gel pa=
cks".
The object has been called *{De' bobcho'} "data module" once or twice on th=
e List. I've also seen *{De' ta} but that seems to refer more to the type =
of file rather than physical format: e.g. *{De' ta} "data file", *{ghogh t=
a} "sound file", {ghotpu' tamey} "personnel files", *{HaSta ta} "video reco=
rding/hologram", {may' ta} "record of battle", etc.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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