[tlhIngan Hol] Are arabic numerals canon ?

[nIqolay Q]

My guess is that he writes the numerals out (except in Monopoly) for the
same reason people tend to prefer transliterating proper names to Klingon
instead of just leaving them in *DIvI' Hol* -- it looks more Klingon.

This conversation also reminds me of something very silly I thought of a
few years ago. Since numbers and letters have names that sound like other
words and syllables, you could use them for slang Klingon Internet
abbreviations:
*3! HI4!* *"Don't do it yet! Wait for me!"*
*Sa'9vo' ruqpu' 'Iv?* *"Who farted?"*
*gh'2!* *"Dammit!"*
*uawIjDaq pa' 'oHtaH* "It's over there in my bureau."
*vIpbe'** "I don't regret it."*
*95! **"There's too many people here!"*
*ch' j'?! **"What the hell is going on?!"*
*mIv1wIj Daleghpu'''a'? **"Have you seen my scar?"*
(The original spellings R left as an exercise 2 the reader.)

I assume Klingon teenagers did this all the time as soon as text message
technology was invented on Qo'noS.


On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu>
wrote:

> From the Bird of Prey poster:
>
>
>
>   wejvatlh loSmaH loS vI' vagh wej 'uj 'aD Duj
>
>   Length: 120 M
>
>
>
>   loSmaH jav vI' Soch loS 'uj 'ab meH
>
>   Bridge Height: 16.28 M
>
>
>
>   HIvtaHvIS toQDuj cha'vatlh wejmaH Soch vI' vagh chorgh 'uj 'ab 'oH
>
>   Attack Formation Height: 82.75 M
>
>
>
>   qughtaHvIS toQDuj HutmaH vI' jav wa' 'uj 'ab 'oH
>
>   Cruise Formation Height: 31.56 M
>
>
>
>   SaqtaHvIS toQDuj wa'vatlh loS vI' jav chorgh 'uj 'ab 'oH
>
>   Landing Formation Height: 36.46 M
>
>
>
>   cha' vI' vagh choQmey lutoghlu'
>
>   Number of Decks: 2.5
>
>
>
>   cha' choQmey naQ tu'lu' 'ej tep choQ bIngDaq lo' law' bID choQ tu'lu')
>
>   2 Full Decks and a Half Utility Deck under the Cargo Deck)
>
>
>
>   wejvatlh SochmaH vagh SaD cheb'a'mey ngI' Duj
>
>   Mass: 8.7 KT
>
>
>
>   Hong boq chuyDaH: loS
>
>   Impulse Fusion Thrusters - 4
>
>
>
>   muDDaq 'eDSeHcha lulaQlu'bogh: jav
>
>   Atmospheric Take-Off/Landing Thrusters - 6
>
>
>
>   pIvchem lIngwI' DaHmey: cha'
>
>   Warp Field Generation Arrays - 2
>
>
>
>   pIvchem SeHwI': cha'
>
>   Warp Field Controller - 2
>
>
>
>   qughDo motlh: pIvlob vagh
>
>   Normal Cruising Speed - Warp 5
>
>
>
> Okrand gives all the {tlhIngan Hol} in full words  so that people know how
> to SAY the numbers and phrases.  E.g. How do you say “2.5”? Answer:  {cha’
> vI’ vagh} using {vI’} “decimal point” not {DoD} “mark (in coordinates).
> He’s never said that a technically advanced, space-faring civilization
> doesn’t have numerals.  In fact he’s used numerals in the Monopoly game:
>
>
>
>   voHDajbo' wellu' 200 [140, etc.]
>
>   Mortgaged for 200.
>
>
>
>   ngIq raQ – 200 QaS, mon – 200 QaS loS raQmey je
>
>   Outposts cost 200 each; capitals, 200 each plus 4 outposts
>
>
>
>   ngIq raQ - 150 QaS
>
>   "outposts cost 150 each"
>
>
>
>   ngIq raQvaD cha'maH vagh QaS yInob.
>
>   "For each outpost pay 25 forces."
>
>
>
>   ngIq gholvo' wa'maH QaS yItlhap.
>
>   "Collect 10 forces from every player."
>
>
>
> … and in his HolQeD 9.3 [Sept. 2000] article on simple arithmetic:
>
>
>
>   4 + 3 = 7
>   wej boq loS; chen Soch
>   "four allies with three; seven forms".
>
>   2 + 1 = 3
>   wa' boq cha'; chen wej
>   "two allies with one, three forms."
>
>   4 - 3 = 1
>
>   loS boqHa' wej; chen wa'
>   "three dissociates from four, one forms"
>
>
>
>   2 x 3 = 6
>   cha'logh boq'egh wej; chen jav
>   "twice, three allies with itself, six forms"
>
>   3 x 2
>   wejlogh boq'egh cha'
>   "three times, two allies with itself"
>
>
>
>   6/3 = 2
>   wejlogh boqHa''egh jav; chen cha'
>   "three times, six dissociates from itself, two forms"
>
> --Voragh
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* tlhIngan-Hol [mailto:tlhingan-hol-bounces at lists.kli.org] *On
> Behalf Of *mayqel qunenoS
>
> ghunchu'wI':
>
> > The Bird of Prey poster is rife with numbers. All of them are
>
> > spelled out in Klingon.
>
>
>
> When you say "spelled out in klingon", you mean that they are written in
> pIqaD ?
>
>
>
> qunnoq
>
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>
>
> On 11 Aug 2017 5:11 pm, "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy at alcaco.net> wrote:
>
> On Aug 11, 2017, at 4:34 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > However, I anxiously await for our honorable Ca'non master to decloak
> his bird of prey,...
>
> The Bird of Prey poster is rife with numbers. All of them are spelled out
> in Klingon.
>
> -- ghunchu'wI'
>
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