On Thu, 27 Jan 2022 at 13:06, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
Can an American please explain to me, what the difference is between the noun {Segh} and the noun {mut}?
According to Ca'Non:
Segh (n) "race (type, sort, class)" mut (n) "species"
In science fiction movies/series I've heard both "the survival of the human race" and "the survival of the human species", so I can't understand what's the difference between these two.
Does an American "feel" any difference between these two words? And I ask for the opinion of Americans, because 'oqranD is an American too, so I'm trying to understand what he means by each of these two words.
I'm not an American, but {Segh} can be used for ships (the BoP poster has {Segh: bI'rel tlharghDuj}) into addition to {tlhIngan Segh}, whereas {mut} seems to refer only to biological organisms. {tlhIngan Segh} has been used in canon to refer generally to Klingons, but I would expect {tlhIngan mut} to be used only in scientific contexts. -- De'vID