You may well be right. Still... gurgh's mysterious comment:
Dr. Okrand noted that what prompted Maltz to come up with this word in this context was not clear.
... does make one think! Okrand always knows the puns behind his words, though he may not want to reveal them!
-----Original Message----- From: kechpaja
I found those too — but wasn't the word listed in the same section as (or soon after) the as-close-as-we've-ever-gotten-to-genitalia words in the qep'a' booklet? I assumed that that was the context that was being referred to.
I don't remember there being a rabbit chess meme — more likely than not, this is probably just an instance of the "every sort of cute picture involving cute animals has probably been taken enough times to get plenty of Google hits" phenomenon. But you might want to ask someone with a pet rabbit.
Steven Boozer wrote:
Our browsers must have different settings, but I found lots of cute images and videos of rabbits playing chess! See especially "Bunny Chess.MOV" on YouTube. (Was this a popular video that people forwarded to each other? I don't have an iPhone so I'm completely oblivious to this stuff!)
--Voragh
-----Original Message----- From: kechpaja
Oh, I assumed it was meant to imply that {cheSmey} were associated with rapid reproduction for Klingons, in the same way that rabbits are on Earth. Perhaps we're interpreting different parts of the context in different ways.
Steven Boozer wrote:
When the words from qep’a’ 23 were shared back in July, qurgh added a comment:
Dr. Okrand noted that what prompted Maltz to come up with this word in this context was not clear.
Clearly a not-so-subtle hint for us to discover the pun. I assumed it was a name; but type “rabbit ches” into your browser’s Search window and see for yourselves …
--Voragh
On Behalf Of Michael Roney, Jr.
[For "bunny"... There's a Klingon animal that's sort of like a rabbit called a {cheS}. So a rabbit on Earth would be, I guess, a {tera' cheS}, though, in context, {cheS} is good enough. And a "bunny," I supposed is a {cheSHom} or maybe {cheSoy}.] e-mail MO to naHQun July 4, 2016