Archive of Okrandian Canon
| Author | Tad Stauffer |
|---|---|
| Date | 24 July 2005 |
| Summary | Description of new word meyrI’ “square”, and how it was revealed during a game of qaDHom cha’ during the qep’a’ 2005. |
| Title | qep’a’vo’ jIchegh + new word #1 |
| Type |
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 14:43:17 -0400
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: Tad Stauffer <tadstauffer@comcast.net>
Subject: qep'a'vo' jIchegh + new word #1
qep'a'vo' jIchegh. vItIv. DachwI'pu'vaD vIDellaHbe'; vaj wa' nem yIghoS.
For those keeping score at home, we received three new words at this qep'a'. I'll save the other 2 for others to reveal; since I was lucky enough to get to announce the first word, I'll describe what happened for it:
We were presenting the {qaDHom cha'}, in which everyone is given a card with an unusual Klingon phrase, and tells a story about it or using it. Since Lawrence's computer was broken and he couldn't make the cards in advance, everyone in the audience got to make up their own sentence to write on cards, including Marc Okrand. After everyone went through and presented their story, there were still some cards left including Marc's, so I volunteered to go again. After randomly choosing one of the cards, I was of course boggled when I saw that the sentence had a new word on it, and realized it was Marc's. After a minute or 3 of thinking, I told a story that went something like this:
DuSaQDaq mI'QeD wIHaD jIH latlh ghojwI'pu' je. gho wIqel. [I draw a circle on the dry erase board on the wall.] *chab* wISIm. [This of course being the standard pi/pie pun.] loS Dop ghajbogh Doch wIqel. [I draw a square on the board next to the circle.] chab wIqelmo', maghungchoH jIH latlhpu' je. vaj megh wISopmeH mamej. 'ach macheghDI', ghungba' je loS Dop ghajbogh Doch. gho Sopta'. [I re-draw the circle inside of the square, showing that the square had eaten the circle.] meyrI'Daq 'oHtaH gho'e'.
The last sentence was the sentence from the card: {meyrI'Daq 'oHtaH gho'e'} The circle is in the square. Thus we now know the word {meyrI'} "square".
- taD