[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: cheS

[Steven Boozer]

You may well be right.  Still...  gurgh's mysterious comment:

>>  Dr. Okrand noted that what prompted Maltz to come up 
>>  with this word in this context was not clear.

... does make one think!  Okrand always knows the puns behind his words, though he may not want to reveal them!



> -----Original Message-----
> From: kechpaja
> 
> I found those too — but wasn't the word listed in the same section as (or
> soon after) the as-close-as-we've-ever-gotten-to-genitalia words in the
> qep'a' booklet? I assumed that that was the context that was being
> referred to.
> 
> I don't remember there being a rabbit chess meme — more likely than not,
> this is probably just an instance of the "every sort of cute picture
> involving cute animals has probably been taken enough times to get plenty
> of Google hits" phenomenon. But you might want to ask someone with a pet
> rabbit.
> 
> 
> Steven Boozer wrote:
> > Our browsers must have different settings, but I found lots of cute
> > images and videos of rabbits playing chess!  See especially "Bunny
> > Chess.MOV" on YouTube.  (Was this a popular video that people
> > forwarded to each other?  I don't have an iPhone so I'm completely
> > oblivious to this stuff!)
> >
> > --Voragh
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: kechpaja
> > >
> > > Oh, I assumed it was meant to imply that {cheSmey} were associated
> > > with rapid reproduction for Klingons, in the same way that rabbits
> > > are on Earth. Perhaps we're interpreting different parts of the
> > > context in different ways.
> > >
> > > Steven Boozer wrote:
> > > > When the words from qep’a’ 23 were shared back in July, qurgh
> > > > added a comment:
> > > >
> > > >  Dr. Okrand noted that what prompted Maltz to come up with this
> > > >  word in this context was not clear.
> > > >
> > > > Clearly a not-so-subtle hint for us to discover the pun. I assumed
> > > > it was a name; but type “rabbit  ches” into your browser’s Search
> > > window and see for yourselves …
> > > >
> > > > --Voragh
> > > >
> > > > On Behalf Of Michael Roney, Jr.
> > > >
> > > > [For "bunny"... There's a Klingon animal that's sort of like a
> > > > rabbit called a {cheS}. So a rabbit on Earth would be, I guess, a
> {tera'
> > > > cheS}, though, in context, {cheS} is good enough. And a "bunny," I
> > > > supposed is a {cheSHom} or maybe {cheSoy}.] e-mail MO to naHQun
> > > > July 4, 2016