I wrote
This is the German word for "wig" backwards: Perücke.
Am 17.02.2025 um 21:39 schrieb Jeremy Silver via tlhIngan-Hol:
Perfectly English pun, a Peruke is a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries - basically the white powdered type that some judges still wear. Oh - great, learned something new today. Now I guess Okrand didn't think of the German word in first place. The words are obviously related, and my research showed they have the same origine, from middle French "perruque", from old Italian "parrucca".
Anyhow, a good way to remember, and still more obvious for Germans than for English speakers, since "Perücke" is a casual word even today. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" https://tlhInganHol.com https://klingon.wiki/Word/Kur-ep