[95028] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] new word
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Roney, Jr. PKT)
Sun Nov 18 17:02:18 2012
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:01:56 -0500
From: "Michael Roney, Jr. PKT" <nahqun@gmail.com>
To: "Klingonteacher" <levinius@gmx.de>, <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
In-Reply-To: <50A95623.8020804@gmx.de>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
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wmn.tlhHy.tlh <br><br><span style=3D"font-family:Prelude, Verdan=
a, san-serif;">~naHQun<br><br></span><span id=3D"signature"><div style=3D"f=
ont-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;color: #999999;">~Michael Ro=
ney, Jr.<br>Professional Klingon translator<br>webOS developer<br><br>-- Se=
nt from my "Franken" Palm Pre 2</div><br></span><span style=3D"color:navy; =
font-family:Prelude, Verdana, san-serif; "><hr align=3D"left" style=3D"widt=
h:75%">On Nov 18, 2012 16:42, Klingonteacher <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:=
<br><br></span>Marc Okrand gave us one new word, which was revealed at the=
qepHom last =0D<br>weekend:=0D<br>------------=0D<br>Maltz said that the p=
rimitive computer systems used by Terrans are very =0D<br>different from th=
e superior systems used by Klingons, but there is some =0D<br>overlap. He =
was going to give this more thought also, but he did say =0D<br>that the cl=
osest thing to "World Wide Web" is {weQmoQnaQ}.=0D<br>------------=0D<br>=
=0D<br>I asked Marc Okrand - just to be sure - if this is the same as the =
=0D<br>internet, or if we could even call that *'Internet*, and this was hi=
s =0D<br>answer:=0D<br>=0D<br>-----=0D<br>I checked with Maltz.=0D<br>=0D<b=
r>He's fuzzy about Terran computer technology and computer terms, but he =
=0D<br>said that {weQmoQnaQ} is not the same thing as the Internet. He sai=
d, =0D<br>if he understands correctly, you can do many more things with the=
=0D<br>Internet than just dealing with the {weQmoQnaQ}. But he stopped th=
ere, =0D<br>so I'll have to bother him again to find out about these other =
things.=0D<br>=0D<br>I also asked him about the word *'Internet*. He said =
he thought that it =0D<br>was pretty funny that Terrans use that word. He =
laughed a little bit, =0D<br>as if there were some sort of a joke. But he =
didn't elaborate. I guess =0D<br>that's for another time.=0D<br>-----=0D<b=
r>=0D<br>Does anyone see the pun? It took me some time, but I'm not a nativ=
e =0D<br>english speaker.=0D<br>=0D<br>-- =0D<br>Lieven L. Litaer=0D<br>aka=
Quvar valer 'utlh=0D<br>http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher=0D<br>=0D<b=
r>_______________________________________________=0D<br>Tlhingan-hol mailin=
g list=0D<br>Tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org=0D<br>http://stodi.digit=
alkingdom.org/mailman/listinfo/tlhingan-hol=0D<br>
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