On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 at 15:52, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, August 31, 2019
Klingon word: jech Part of speech: noun Definition: disguise, costume _______________________________________________
(KGT 4): a Klingon, though not predisposed to deception, may, if necessary or potentially beneficial, disguise his or her identity by imitating the speech of a member of another group.
(TKW 145): when a warrior dies, his spirit appears, whereas prior to death it was hidden or disguised by the body.
SEE: jech disguise (v) weSjech fabric, cloth, textile (n)
SEE ALSO: Sut clothing (n) HIp uniform (n)
So' hide, conceal, cloak (v) toj deceive, trick (v) tuQ[moH] wear [clothing] (v) vel cover, coat, mask (v)
Did anyone play Star Trek: Klingon Academy? It's not canon, but it's worth watching the in-game videos if only for Chris Plummer's reprisal of the role of General Chang. Anyway [spoilers follow for a game released in 2000, so not really spoilers at this point]... In the game, someone betrays you. It's supposed to be a surprise, but it was obvious who it was going to be from the beginning because the character's name was "Jaghjech". (One of the game's writes had obviously thought themselves very clever by naming the would-be traitor "enemy [in] disguise".) -- De'vID