<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 3:00 PM Klingon Word of the Day via tlhIngan-Hol <<a href="mailto:tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org">tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org</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 Sunday, October 29, 2023<br>
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Klingon word: cheyIS<br>
Part of speech: noun<br>
Definition: cephalopod<br>
Source: qep'a' 28<br></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>You can see it here:</div><div><a href="https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/32687/the-prussian-octopus-">https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/32687/the-prussian-octopus-</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">De'vID</div></div>