Klingon Word of the Day: wab qoSta' 'aplo'
Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, October 29, 2021 Klingon word: wab qoSta' 'aplo' Part of speech: noun Definition: cassette Source: TalkNow - Learn Klingon!, revealed 30 September 2011 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon word: wab qoSta' 'aplo' Part of speech: noun Definition: cassette Source: TalkNow - Learn Klingon!, revealed 30 September 2011 _______________________________________________ AFAIK the phrase was never used in a sentence. SEE: wab sound, noise (n) (De'vID < MO, 2/17/2018): TKD glosses {QIch} as "speech (vocal sounds)". The notation (vocal sounds) is intended to denote that "speech" here means the phenomenon of speech as opposed to an address or oration – that’s {SoQ}. So {QIch} doesn’t refer to individual speech sounds or speech sounds collectively. An individual speech sound ["phoneme"? - Voragh] is {QIch wab} and speech sounds collectively are {QIch wabmey}. Pronunciation could be {QIch wab Ho’DoS}, more literally (but awkwardly) "speech-sound manner, speech-sound technique". Also: wab Do speed of sound (n, 2 words) wabDo Mach [the speed factor] (n, 1 word) wab HevwI' radio (n) wab labwI' radio service, broadcaster, radio transmitter (n) wab labwI’ jan radio transmitter (device) (n) wab naQ vowel (n) wab poD consonant (n) wab ta audio (sound clip) (n) qoSta' ribbon, tape (n) (ghunchu'wI', 7/29/2013): … the word could be referring either to the form (ribbon-like) or function (recording medium) of the object being described. We've had no way to determine which is intended. Until now. I had the opportunity to mention the ambiguity to Marc Okrand last week. He said that what he had in mind was the "ribbon, tape" idea. Flatness is definitely an attribute of {qoSta'}. Also: mIllogh qonwI' qoSta' film (photographic) (n) 'aplo' [small container] (n) (TNK) (qe'San on Facebook, 8/11/2013): {'aplo'} = a general term for a small container (Lieven, 9/01/2018): This is not canon, and just my opinion, but I suppose that {'aplo'} refers to some kind of container, box, (something smaller) or so, while a chest {DerlIq} is more a thing made of wood, or it's larger. Also: 'ul 'aplo'mey batteries (TNK) ngaS 'aplo' contents ("the box contains") (Monopoly) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary or notes from the last year or two. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.
On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 at 16:00, Klingon Word of the Day <kwotd@wizage.net> wrote:
Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, October 29, 2021
Klingon word: wab qoSta' 'aplo' Part of speech: noun Definition: cassette Source: TalkNow - Learn Klingon!, revealed 30 September 2011
In TOS, there are numerous references to "tapes" as a recording medium: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Record_tape I hope that the phrase is actually just out-of-date terminology that got stuck (like how we refer to motion pictures as "films" even though they're probably not shot or transmitted on actual film any more), and not actual magnetic ribbons used for data storage. We really do need some more up-to-date Klingon terminology for modern day technologies. Does anyone even talk about "cassettes" any more? -- De'vID
We do at the University of Chicago Library (where I work as a cataloger). There’s an extensive collection of VCR and audio cassettes which occasionally circulate by those patrons who have VCR and cassette players at home. Some older movies, documentaries, sound recordings and other materials have never been re-issued on DVD, though I imagine much of it is now online. We don’t buy them, of course; most are donated to us nowadays by people clearing off their shelves. We even have a large collection of vinyl records and LPs – especially in our Jazz Recordings Collection -- for those who still have record players (remember those?). --Voragh ___________________________________________________________ From: tlhIngan-Hol On Behalf Of De'vID Klingon word: wab qoSta' 'aplo' Part of speech: noun Definition: cassette Source: TalkNow - Learn Klingon!, revealed 30 September 2011 I hope that the phrase is actually just out-of-date terminology that got stuck (like how we refer to motion pictures as "films" even though they're probably not shot or transmitted on actual film any more), and not actual magnetic ribbons used for data storage. We really do need some more up-to-date Klingon terminology for modern day technologies. Does anyone even talk about "cassettes" any more?
Voragh:
We even have a large collection of vinyl records and LPs – especially in our Jazz Recordings Collection -- for those who still have record players (remember those?).
De'vID:
We really do need some more up-to-date Klingon terminology for modern day technologies. Does anyone even talk about "cassettes" any more?
Just as a fun fact: in Germany, the audiobook (or rather audio drama) series *Die drei Fragezeichen*, which began to be published in 1979, is still published as cassette and vinyl (and meanwhile, of course, also digital) for collector fans. I don't know about the USA, but in Europe vinyls have become to some extent popular again (and so digital record players). Anyway, I agree it would be great to have an official way to refer to modern media like audiobooks, podcasts and so on.
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