[93453] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: bIng
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Thu May 31 11:59:51 2012
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 11:59:30 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <ACF6622D959A8842A81E4471BA56A7E002112B@xm-mbx-04-prod.ad.uchicago.edu>
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On 5/31/2012 10:45 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>
>> Klingon word: bIng
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: area below, area under
>
> Related nouns:
>
> Dung area above, area overhead (ant.)
This is one of the grammatical jokes of the language. Human languages
tend to associate high-pitched sounds with "up" and low-pitched sounds
with "down" (even the terms "high-pitched" and "low-pitched" do this).
In Klingon the sense is reversed, with a high-pitched sound referring to
"down" and a low-pitched sound referring to "up." I have no doubt this
was done intentionally.
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SuStel
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