If emerald is a beryl and Patmore was the surname of Beryl Patmore, that's almost certainly the pun! I notice, however, that we have a request for "beryllium" currently up at the chabal tetlh. This pun on "beryl" has been taken, so Marc Okrand will need to come up with a second beryl pun as a Klingon word for beryllium? *'o'qapyt*? Perhaps, turning to another character named Beryl, Marc Okrand will use *qeyqoHan*.

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Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, December 09, 2023

Klingon word: patmor Part of speech: noun Definition: emerald Source: Wizard of Oz translation _______________________________________________

AFAIK not used in a sentence.

PUN:  A "Downton Abbey" pun?  The first name of head cook Mrs. Patmore was Beryl.  (cf. https://downtonabbey.fandom.com>>/wiki/Beryl_Patmore)

"The beryl family includes some of the most popular and expensive gemstones. Emerald and aquamarine are well-known and >popular choices for jewelry... " (https://www.gemsociety.org/article/beryl-jewelry-gemstone-information/ )

SEE ALSO: naghboch     gemstone (n) choSom     quartz (n) qut         crystal (n)

TREK NOTES:   ?And her eyes, as hard as *separ* gemstones and twice as sharp.? (Worf describing the Lady Grilka, DS9 "Looking for Par'Mach >in All the Wrong Places".