[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: cheyIS

[Will Martin]

I can’t hear or read the word “cephalopod” without remembering the line from Men In Black, noting that outrunning one was one of the physical skills that impressed the organization enough to suggest that recruiting him was a good idea.

pItlh

charghwI’ ‘utlh
(ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)




> On Oct 30, 2023, at 8:42 AM, De'vID via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org> wrote:
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> On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 3:00 PM Klingon Word of the Day via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org <mailto:tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org>> wrote:
>> Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, October 29, 2023
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>> Klingon word: cheyIS
>> Part of speech: noun
>> Definition: cephalopod
>> Source: qep'a' 28
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> This may just be a genuine coincidence (as in, maybe it wasn't intended by Marc Okrand), but the famous WWI propaganda poster "The Prussian Octopus" was published by H & C Graham Ltd.
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> You can see it here:
> https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/32687/the-prussian-octopus-
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> Somewhat related: the reverse of this word, {SIyech} "cane, reed", might have its origin in the C & H (California and Hawaiian) Sugar Company, a brand of cane sugar.
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