[tlhIngan Hol] additional new word: tanje'rIn
SuStel
sustel at trimboli.name
Mon Nov 18 13:38:39 PST 2019
On 11/18/2019 4:30 PM, Steven Boozer wrote:
>
> I think that Jackson is right. AFAIK all the items tagged with {naH}
> or {naHmey} are Terran:
>
> I couldn’t find any native Klingon fruit or vegetables tagged with
> {naH}. And why would they be? Every Klingon knows what a {peb’ot} or
> a {Hurgh} is! But what in the world is a {‘epIl} or a {banan}?
>
There is a long tradition in Star Trek of naming an alien thing with an
alien name and then a common word to ground the viewer.
Moba fruit
http://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Moba_fruit
Chee'lash fruit
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Chee%27lash_fruit
Lokar bean
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Lokar_bean
And so on.
Okrand is doing the same thing.
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SuStel
http://trimboli.name
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