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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: QoD
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terrence Donnelly)
Sun Dec 11 12:46:52 2011
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:46:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Terrence Donnelly <terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20111211070810.08559df8@flyingstart.ca>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
I was just reading some excerpts from Mark Twain's "Life On the Mississippi=
", in which he writes of learning to be a steamboat pilot. He describes sev=
eral times when the boat is "steered" by changing the speed and direction o=
f the side paddlewheels independently of each other. Maybe {QoD} refers to =
operating different engine banks to steer the ship. On steamboats, these se=
emed to be extreme sorts of maneuvers, eg. to avoid a sudden blockage in th=
e water, and not your normal steering by the rudder.
-- ter'eS
--- On Sun, 12/11/11, Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca> wrote:
> From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: QoD
> To: "qurgh lungqIj" <qurgh@wizage.net>, "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-=
hol@kli.org>
> Date: Sunday, December 11, 2011, 9:13 AM
> Does anyone have any idea what an
> engine manoeuvre is? Theories?
> =
> I operate a vessel with engines and at no time do I say
> that I =
> manoeuvre the engines nor that the engines manoeuvre. I
> manoeuvre the =
> vessel using the engines. Is this something that Marc has
> dropped =
> into the list to simulate the curious frustration of
> reading someone =
> else's word list and wondering what the ethnologist MEANT
> by a =
> particular entry?=A0 I find this word less useful than
> "be at a =
> negative angle." I've used it less than Qab.
> =
> At 07:01 11/12/2011, qurgh lungqIj wrote:
> >Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, December 11, 2011
> >
> >Klingon word: QoD
> >Part of speech: verb
> >Definition: maneuver (engines)
> >
> >
> >This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh
> (qurgh@wizage.net).
> >
> >
> >
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