SPOILER WARNING This message might contain spoilers aboutthe new series Lower Decks. You better stop reading here if you prefer not to know about it. .. In the second episode, there was a big arch with some Klingon letters on it, saying {Qo'noSHom}. We all know what it means, and it's an obvious play on the phrase "Little Kronos", parallel to "Little Italy". That's what I wrote in the first version of the Klingon Wiki. Shortly after, it was changed by a contributor to "lesser Kronos", which certainly is grammatically more correct. Now, today, some other contributor changed it to "Little Kronos", certainly not knowing of this first version which already had that. Before starting a so-called edit war, I'm curious to see what your opinions are on this subject. How would you write that line? http://klingon.wiki/En/StarTrekLowerDecks -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.tlhInganHol.com
Perhaps it would be best to say something like: ...which means, "lesser Kronos" or "minor Kronos" or as these types of areas are often named in English, "Little Kronos". ________________________________ From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> on behalf of Lieven L. Litaer <levinius@gmx.de> Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 3:18 PM To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org <tlhingan-hol@kli.org> Subject: [tlhIngan Hol] Kronos [SPOILER WARNING] SPOILER WARNING This message might contain spoilers aboutthe new series Lower Decks. You better stop reading here if you prefer not to know about it. .. In the second episode, there was a big arch with some Klingon letters on it, saying {Qo'noSHom}. We all know what it means, and it's an obvious play on the phrase "Little Kronos", parallel to "Little Italy". That's what I wrote in the first version of the Klingon Wiki. Shortly after, it was changed by a contributor to "lesser Kronos", which certainly is grammatically more correct. Now, today, some other contributor changed it to "Little Kronos", certainly not knowing of this first version which already had that. Before starting a so-called edit war, I'm curious to see what your opinions are on this subject. How would you write that line? http://klingon.wiki/En/StarTrekLowerDecks -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.tlhInganHol.com _______________________________________________ tlhIngan-Hol mailing list tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org
English also uses phrases like “Chinatown” for these ethnic neighborhoods – so “Kronos-town”? -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> On Behalf Of janSIy . Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 3:23 PM Perhaps it would be best to say something like: ...which means, "lesser Kronos" or "minor Kronos" or as these types of areas are often named in English, "Little Kronos". ________________________________ From: Lieven L. Litaer <levinius@gmx.de<mailto:levinius@gmx.de>> Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 3:18 PM SPOILER WARNING This message might contain spoilers aboutthe new series Lower Decks. You better stop reading here if you prefer not to know about it. .. In the second episode, there was a big arch with some Klingon letters on it, saying {Qo'noSHom}. We all know what it means, and it's an obvious play on the phrase "Little Kronos", parallel to "Little Italy". That's what I wrote in the first version of the Klingon Wiki. Shortly after, it was changed by a contributor to "lesser Kronos", which certainly is grammatically more correct. Now, today, some other contributor changed it to "Little Kronos", certainly not knowing of this first version which already had that. Before starting a so-called edit war, I'm curious to see what your opinions are on this subject. How would you write that line? http://klingon.wiki/En/StarTrekLowerDecks<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/klingon.wiki/En/StarTrekLowerDecks__;!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!u2mhW6xwDiI68qnei5taW567RLwk3tErVuGpEbLNvwa7jn4nRQ2WFr7ZNX_sOZth6U8$> --
We hear the English "Little Kronos" in the episode, so that should certainly be included. ~Melanie Roney Sent from my Palm Prē
Am 10.09.2020 um 12:40 schrieb Melanie Roney:
We hear the English "Little Kronos" in the episode, so that should certainly be included.
Ah, that's a good reason to include it that way. Thanks. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.tlhInganHol.com http://klingon.wiki/En/StarTrekLowerDecks
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