<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">It would be interesting to see the results of a survey of everyone who:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1. already was familiar with the meaning of this English word, independent from any experience of acquiring it via Klingon</div><div class="">2. had to look it up</div><div class="">3. let it pass without looking it up</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For me, it marks the difference between two different styles of mustache, often determined by genetics more than the razor. I’m one of those furry-philtrum guys; the mouth-centric version of the monobrow…</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">… though I’ve been clean-shaven since the onset of The New Normal, since it makes a better seal for my mask, and it helps that the person I spend most hours of my day with prefers it that way.</div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 7, 2020, at 11:00 AM, Klingon Word of the Day <<a href="mailto:kwotd@wizage.net" class="">kwotd@wizage.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, August 07, 2020<br class=""><br class="">Klingon word: Du'ran<br class="">Part of speech: noun<br class="">Definition: philtrum<br class="">Source: qep'a' 25<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (<a href="mailto:qurgh@kli.org" class="">qurgh@kli.org</a>).<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">tlhIngan-Hol mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org" class="">tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org</a><br class="">http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>