Ahem - "Worf"
I like to think they named him after linguist Whorf, of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: if your language doesn't have a word for a concept, then you will be unable or unlikely to imagine that concept.
Klingon has no word for peace.
/nerdout
( , Thu 21 Apr 2022, 12:06, Reply)
I like to think they named him after linguist Whorf, of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: if your language doesn't have a word for a concept, then you will be unable or unlikely to imagine that concept.
Klingon has no word for peace.
/nerdout
( , Thu 21 Apr 2022, 12:06, Reply)
qID luSIQlaHbe'chugh, tIngagh jay'
... or as you humans say, fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.
/nerdoutharder
( , Thu 21 Apr 2022, 23:07, Reply)
... or as you humans say, fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.
/nerdoutharder
( , Thu 21 Apr 2022, 23:07, Reply)
I just remembered:
The Klingon word for peace is actually roj.
Qapla'.
( , Sat 23 Apr 2022, 5:18, Reply)
The Klingon word for peace is actually roj.
Qapla'.
( , Sat 23 Apr 2022, 5:18, Reply)
It's a silly idea.
If they have physics or music, they have a concept of things being at rest, in phase, in harmony. To survive as a species they understand the concept of mutual cooperation.
( , Sat 23 Apr 2022, 14:56, Reply)
If they have physics or music, they have a concept of things being at rest, in phase, in harmony. To survive as a species they understand the concept of mutual cooperation.
( , Sat 23 Apr 2022, 14:56, Reply)