On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 2:00 PM James Landau via tlhIngan-Hol < tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote:
I asked Marc on Facebook the true etymology of *yI'De'* -- is it yI'/sir + De'/vid = cervid, or is it yI'De' = Eddie = Moose? He wrote me back:
"Hi, James! Nice to hear from you. Regarding **yI’De’** — Unfortunately, Maltz refuses to discuss these “coincidences” with me, so I won’t be able to help you. Go with whichever one makes the word easier to remember. Hope all is going well. All the best for the upcoming holidays."
Many, if not most, of Dr. Okrand's jokes hidden within the Klingon language are references to movies and television, as that's the industry within which he worked. I strongly suspect that I have nothing to do with this particular "coincidence" (or, rather, that it is a genuine coincidence as opposed to a "coincidence"). -- De'vID