Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, April 30, 2025 Klingon word: qunQeD Part of speech: noun Definition: history science Source: The Little Prince [TLP] _______________________________________________ I.e. historiography CULTURAL NOTES: The Second Dynasty ended when General K'trelan assassinated Emperor Reclaw. For the next 10 years the empire was ruled by a council elected by the people. Modern-day Klingon historians refer to this as the Dark Time. [DS9 "You Are Cordially Invited..."] TREK NOTES: WORF: But we do know that the Iconians were conquerors. PICARD: But that knowledge was passed down by the descendants of those who attacked this world. The victors invariably write the history to their own advantage. There is an unfortunate tendency in many cultures to fear what they do not understand. [TNG "Contagion"] qun qon charghwI'pu''e' History is written by the victors ["conquerors"]. (TKW} This maxim is wrongly attributed to Winston Churchill according to his biographer Martin Gilbert, who believes it's classical. But on one occasion Churchill did quip, "History will be unkind to Neville Chamberlain. I know because I shall write it." Which he did in his best-selling "The Second World War" (6-volumes, published 1948-1953). SEE ALSO: qun history (n) quntej historian (n) TLP lut story (n) lurDech tradition quH heritage (n) 'ISyar legacy (n) pa'logh the past (as a whole) (n) qempa' ancestor (general n., singular only) no' ancestors (general n., plural only) - no' Hol ancient language (n) (i.e. Ancient Klingon) - no'QeD genealogy (n) 'emrIgh ancestor (direct) (n) - "an individual ancestor in one's own bloodline" (qep'a' 2019) nortlham descendant (n) nubwI' predecessor (n) - qeylIS bov the era of Kahless (PB xxi) - qeylIS bov nubwI' before the era of Kahless (PB xiv) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons