28 Mar
2022
28 Mar
'22
10:40 a.m.
On 3/28/2022 10:35 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
Klingon word: tera' tlhuH rop Part of speech: noun Definition: common cold Source: qep'a' 27 [2020] _______________________________________________
(qep’a’ 2020): Maltz says Klingons don’t get colds (though, despite what he says, Klingons are not immune from other, somewhat similar afflictions). Another way to refer to this Earth disease, generally unsympathetically, is Ptera’ rop bIr}, which is, of course, a misguided translation.
I imagine that in practical use, Klingons would not use this phrase just specifically for the cold virus, but would apply it generally to all respiratory viruses originating on Earth. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name