<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Even Klingon has synonyms.</div><div><br></div><div>{ghotI’’a’} doesn’t have to be THE word for whale. It can be A word for whale. It certainly qualifies as a very significant fish-like creature. It’s not like anyone would not know what you were likely talking about.</div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jan 31, 2026, at 4:00 AM, James Landau via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div><div class="ydp41d5bf4eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Is *ghotI''a'* canon? A little googling reveals that it's used in translating The Book of Psalms, but it doesn't seem to be in any dictionary or wordlist I coulld find. Besides, should we keep using it now that we know the word *<span>SolbIS* for whale/dolphin?</span></div><div class="ydp41d5bf4eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp41d5bf4eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp41d5bf4eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">>SEE:</div><div class="ydp41d5bf4eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br></div><div class="ydp41d5bf4eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr">>ghotI''a' whale (n)</div><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div dir="ltr">>bIQDep fish (n)</div></div><div id="ydp5aaf1ffcyahoo_quoted_0218396921" class="ydp5aaf1ffcyahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;">
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