[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: vI'Hop

[nIqolay Q]

On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 10:29 AM Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> Anyone see a pun in these new grammar words?  The only one I can work out
> is, maybe, {vI'} "sharpshooting, marksmanship, aim" + {Hop} "be remote,
> far" -- far/remote aim, i.e. beyond the direct object??
>

{vI'} can also mean "decimal point", so it could be a pun on "Farpoint". I
don't know what "Encounter at Farpoint" has to do with indirect objects,
though.
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