[tlhIngan Hol] Marc Okrand wrote back

[De'vID]

On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 2:00 PM James Landau via tlhIngan-Hol <
tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org> wrote:

> I asked Marc on Facebook the true etymology of *yI'De'* -- is it yI'/sir +
> De'/vid = cervid, or is it yI'De' = Eddie = Moose? He wrote me back:
>
> "Hi, James! Nice to hear from you. Regarding **yI’De’** — Unfortunately,
> Maltz refuses to discuss these “coincidences” with me, so I won’t be able
> to help you. Go with whichever one makes the word easier to remember. Hope
> all is going well. All the best for the upcoming holidays."
>

Many, if not most, of Dr. Okrand's jokes hidden within the Klingon language
are references to movies and television, as that's the industry within
which he worked. I strongly suspect that I have nothing to do with this
particular "coincidence" (or, rather, that it is a genuine coincidence as
opposed to a "coincidence").

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De'vID
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