Klingon Word of the Day: tlhapragh
Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, September 04, 2018 Klingon word: tlhapragh Part of speech: noun Definition: monster Source: qepHom 2017 This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon word: tlhapragh Part of speech: noun Definition: monster Source: qepHom 2017 _______________________________________________ NON-CANON USE IN ST: DISCOVERY: matay'DI', Lorca tlhapraghHom wItlhay'moHlaH. Together we can deal with Lorca's little monster. (DSC/subtitle "The Butcher's Knife...") tlhapragh 'oH, qatlh 'e' DaSov, la'? How do you know it's a monster, Commander?" (DSC/subtitle "The Butcher's Knife...") TREK TRIVIA: One of the holo-monsters seen in Worf's Klingon Calisthenics program wielded an axe, the blade of which sported exaggeratedly pointed finials. (TNG "Where Silence Has Lease") PUN: "Bobby Pickett's classic novelty song Monster Mash was released in 1962 on Garpax Records. {tlhapragh} backwards is {gharpatlh}, which is almost a transliteration of Garpax. I say 'almost' because 'x' is usually transliterated as {Q}, not {tlh}. Maybe Okrand wanted to mix it up a little." (nIqolay Q, 12/12/2017) SEE ALSO: Ha'DIbaH animal (n) yagh organism (n) Dep being (nonhumanoid) (n) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 10:06 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
PUN: "Bobby Pickett's classic novelty song Monster Mash was released in 1962 on Garpax Records. {tlhapragh} backwards is {gharpatlh}, which is almost a transliteration of Garpax. I say 'almost' because 'x' is usually transliterated as {Q}, not {tlh}. Maybe Okrand wanted to mix it up a little." (nIqolay Q, 12/12/2017)
I later remembered that "x" is the "xifan hol" character for {tlh}. boQwI' (which I'm pretty sure MO uses) has it as an option to make searches easier to type on a phone, giving MO a powerful new technique for making puns.
On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 10:21 AM, nIqolay Q <niqolay0@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 10:06 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
PUN: "Bobby Pickett's classic novelty song Monster Mash was released in 1962 on Garpax Records. {tlhapragh} backwards is {gharpatlh}, which is almost a transliteration of Garpax. I say 'almost' because 'x' is usually transliterated as {Q}, not {tlh}. Maybe Okrand wanted to mix it up a little." (nIqolay Q, 12/12/2017)
I later remembered that "x" is the "xifan hol" character for {tlh}. boQwI' (which I'm pretty sure MO uses) has it as an option to make searches easier to type on a phone, giving MO a powerful new technique for making puns.
Marc uses an iPhone, which didn't have a version of boQwI' in 2017, so he was probably using Hol 'ampaS at the time. Not saying the pun idea is wrong though. :) qurgh
Am 05.09.2018 um 19:53 schrieb qurgh lungqIj:
I later remembered that "x" is the "xifan hol" character for {tlh}. boQwI' (which I'm pretty sure MO uses) has it as an option to make searches easier to type on a phone, giving MO a powerful new technique for making puns.
Marc uses an iPhone, which didn't have a version of boQwI' in 2017, so he was probably using Hol 'ampaS at the time.
Possible, but not necessarily. Marc has been using boQwI' for many years, he has an additional android device only for that. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/StarTrekDiscovery
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