> On Nov 22, 2018, at 07:13, Lieven L. Litaer <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
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>> Am 22.11.2018 um 10:49 schrieb mayqel qunenoS:
>> Indeed; how hot is a SImyon ?
>> Is 1 SImyon 1 degree Celsius ? (which I hope, since here we use Celsius..)
>> Or is it 1 Fahreneit ? Or 1 Kelvin ?
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> We really don't know at this point. Maybe we will one day. But I doubt it's the same as what we use on earth. It will probably be based on something within Klingon culture, such as 0 degrees based on frozen bloodwine and 100 degrees based on the surface of a batleth after a battle... we just don't know. ... yet.
Why 100? Why not 81 or 243?
If bloodwine ever gets so cold as to freeze, something has gone very, very wrong. latlh HIvje'Daq 'Iw HIq taD yIqang.
The obvious reference points are the expected temperature of an average {qIvon} and the boiling point of Klingon blood.
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