[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: DeQ

[De'vID]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2018, 17:34 Steven Boozer, <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> Klingon word: DeQ
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: credit (monetary unit)
> Source: TKD
>
> SEE ALSO:
> DarSeq          *darsek* [unit of Klingon currency, e.g. a coin] (n)
>

I have a theory that a writer looked up {DeQ}, didn't like the way "1000
dekks" (or whatever the number was) sounded when spoken in English, and
decided to insert "arse" into the middle.

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De'vID

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