<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 at 16:00, Klingon Word of the Day <<a href="mailto:kwotd@wizage.net">kwotd@wizage.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, October 29, 2021<br>
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Klingon word: wab qoSta' 'aplo'<br>
Part of speech: noun<br>
Definition: cassette<br>
Source: TalkNow - Learn Klingon!, revealed 30 September 2011<br>
</blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>In TOS, there are numerous references to "tapes" as a recording medium:</div><div><a href="https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Record_tape">https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Record_tape</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I hope that the phrase is actually just out-of-date terminology that got stuck (like how we refer to motion pictures as "films" even though they're probably not shot or transmitted on actual film any more), and not actual magnetic ribbons used for data storage.</div><div><br></div><div>We really do need some more up-to-date Klingon terminology for modern day technologies. Does anyone even talk about "cassettes" any more?<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">De'vID</div></div></div>