On 5 November 2017 at 16:06, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
thanks !
Actually I was wondering about whether the {tIng 'ev Sepmey} adequately expresses the "western" of the "western culture".
Maybe. We know only that {tIng 'ev} represents geographical west to Klingons. But on oblate spheroids like planets, what is "west" is a matter of convention. Furthermore, "Western" in this case is a label for something which is related to geography, but not identical to it. For example, typically, when speaking in English, "Western culture" encompasses the European-descended cultures of New Zealand and Australia, but excludes the indigenous cultures of the Americas. So whether or not a *Klingon* would understand {tIng 'ev Sepmey nugh} as what you mean when you say "Western culture" depends on how they were introduced to the term.