On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 3:00 PM Klingon Word of the Day via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote:
Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, October 29, 2023

Klingon word: cheyIS
Part of speech: noun
Definition: cephalopod
Source: qep'a' 28

This may just be a genuine coincidence (as in, maybe it wasn't intended by Marc Okrand), but the famous WWI propaganda poster "The Prussian Octopus" was published by H & C Graham Ltd.

You can see it here:
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/32687/the-prussian-octopus-

Somewhat related: the reverse of this word, {SIyech} "cane, reed", might have its origin in the C & H (California and Hawaiian) Sugar Company, a brand of cane sugar.

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