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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ngIS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Qov)
Mon Mar 19 19:28:06 2012
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:22:31 -0700
To: tlhIngan-Hol@kli.org
From: Qov <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
In-Reply-To: <1332197400.41241.YahooMailClassic@web82602.mail.mud.yahoo. com>
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At 15:50 '?????' 3/19/2012, you wrote:
>Are there any water-based lubricants? Maybe the =
>sand was full of phosphorus or sodium.
A number, but they aren't typically used for =
disruptor cannons. ghaytan QongDaq retlhDaq lutu'lu'.
And it was beach sand, making that bizarrely =
implausible. Not that bizarrely implausible is in =
any way a restriction for Star Trek plot devices. =
Hov lengvaD ghu' Dayajchu' DaneHchugh 'oy'choH yablIj.
- Qov
>-- ter'eS
>
>--- On Mon, 3/19/12, De'vID jonpIn <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>From: De'vID jonpIn <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ngIS
>To: tlhIngan-Hol@kli.org
>Date: Monday, March 19, 2012, 5:09 PM
>
>
>Qov:
> > jabbI'ID per vIleghDI', jIjatlh, "mu' vetlh =
> vIghojbe'." jabbI'ID vIlaDchoHDI' vIghovbe'bej.
> > bIqIDbe'bej'a'?
>
>qatlh qIDlu' 'e' DaQub? mu' qID Daghov'a'?
>
>tlhIngan Hol mu'na' 'oH 'e' wISovbejbe'. 'oghbe'law' MO 'ej 'olbe'law'.
>
>It's a DeCandidovian Klingon word, not (yet) an Okrandian Klingon word.
>
>Qov:
> > Any word on whether this lubricant has its =
> basis in petroleum, graphite, polyfloridated hydrocarbons or animal oils?
>
> From "Honor Bound":
>"Each grenade was a hollow metal oval, into =
>which they had placed the sand from the shores =
>of the Prime Village and a small glass bottle =
>containing {ngIS} =E2=80=94 a lubricant used on the =
>disruptor cannons, and which the {Gorkon} had in =
>plentiful supply. Throwing the grenade with =
>sufficient force would break the bottle upon =
>impact with a solid surface =E2=80=94 they had been =
>using B'Oraq's specimen bottles, which were =
>fairly fragile =E2=80=94 causing an explosive chemical =
>reaction with one of the minerals in the sand."
>
>I'm no chemist, and I don't know what kind of =
>lubricant would react explosively with a mineral =
>found in beach sand. A cannon lubricant that =
>explodes under any condition sounds kind of like a bad idea to me.
>
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