[95200] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Bird-of-Prey Haynes Manual
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (De'vID)
Fri Dec 7 06:13:00 2012
In-Reply-To: <F52986192E9FE346B0B7EF3D6F98E8771225FF76@EXDB3.ug.kth.se>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 12:12:30 +0100
From: "De'vID" <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
loghaD:
> I'm afraid I don't have the book in front of me, but the word is =ABpetqa=
D=BB, which is a medical instrument used to mend bones.
>
> Fits the proper tlhIngan Hol template (unlike all the other new words in =
the book).
> Also =97 as Quvar pointed out to me =97 it contains a very okrandesque pu=
n ;)
qatlhDa' tImeH Humbogh 'ej beQbogh tlhegh yoymoHlu'.
It's an Okrandesque pun, but did it come from Okrand?
loghaD:
> Got the book in front of me now. It's on page 107:
>
> "The surgeon typically injects a combined stimulant and pain killer, befo=
re using a {petqaD} to bond broken bones in place and a dermal regenerator =
to suture any wounds. Typical turnaround times allow an injured crewman to =
return to his post within seven minutes."
>
> This is in the segment labeled {HaqwI'}, which also claims that this word=
literally means "bone mender".
It's this sort of thing in the book which makes me question whether
the Klingon that appears in it is reliable.
--
De'vID
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