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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: QoD
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terrence Donnelly)
Sun Dec 11 13:54:44 2011
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:54:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Terrence Donnelly <terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20111211095056.08586280@flyingstart.ca>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
--- On Sun, 12/11/11, Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca> wrote:
> I call this using differential power.
> Maybe also the engines themselves can swivel, like on a ship
> I was on recently, where there was no DerwI' but each
> propellor was mounted on a maneuverable HanDogh.
>
> So Duj vIQoD means "I manoeuvre the ship using the engines"
> (as opposed to with the rudder)?
>
It's a theory. It could also refer to using impulse power, for example, to maneuver into a spacedock. You as an aircraft pilot would not be likely to use anything similar, but I think a spaceship in weightlessness behaves more like a ship on water than a craft in the air within a gravity well.
--ter'eS
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