Klingon Word of the Day: cheyIS
Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, October 29, 2023 Klingon word: cheyIS Part of speech: noun Definition: cephalopod Source: qep'a' 28 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 3:00 PM Klingon Word of the Day via tlhIngan-Hol < tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote:
Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, October 29, 2023
Klingon word: cheyIS Part of speech: noun Definition: cephalopod Source: qep'a' 28
This may just be a genuine coincidence (as in, maybe it wasn't intended by Marc Okrand), but the famous WWI propaganda poster "The Prussian Octopus" was published by H & C Graham Ltd. You can see it here: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/32687/the-prussian-octopus- Somewhat related: the reverse of this word, {SIyech} "cane, reed", might have its origin in the C & H (California and Hawaiian) Sugar Company, a brand of cane sugar. -- De'vID
I can’t hear or read the word “cephalopod” without remembering the line from Men In Black, noting that outrunning one was one of the physical skills that impressed the organization enough to suggest that recruiting him was a good idea. pItlh charghwI’ ‘utlh (ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)
On Oct 30, 2023, at 8:42 AM, De'vID via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote:
On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 3:00 PM Klingon Word of the Day via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org <mailto:tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org>> wrote:
Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, October 29, 2023
Klingon word: cheyIS Part of speech: noun Definition: cephalopod Source: qep'a' 28
This may just be a genuine coincidence (as in, maybe it wasn't intended by Marc Okrand), but the famous WWI propaganda poster "The Prussian Octopus" was published by H & C Graham Ltd.
You can see it here: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/32687/the-prussian-octopus-
Somewhat related: the reverse of this word, {SIyech} "cane, reed", might have its origin in the C & H (California and Hawaiian) Sugar Company, a brand of cane sugar.
-- De'vID _______________________________________________ tlhIngan-Hol mailing list tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org
On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 1:58 PM Will Martin via tlhIngan-Hol < tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote:
I can’t hear or read the word “cephalopod” without remembering the line from Men In Black, noting that outrunning one was one of the physical skills that impressed the organization enough to suggest that recruiting him was a good idea.
It often reminds me of that too, even though the word spoken (twice) in the movie is "cephalopoid". «rotlh, puq. cha'logh rotlh.» -- ghunchu'wI'
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