[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'maH vagh: <butlh>

Qov robyn at flyingstart.ca
Tue Jan 3 12:13:24 PST 2012


janvetlh vIqaw 'ach lo' DIvI', pIj Say'eghmoH 'e' lupoQmo'.

John M. Ford qech vImaS. tuQHa'moH tlhIngan 'ej 
pa'Hom tujqu'Daq ba'choH DIr yIQchu'moHDI' porgh bIQ tey'egh 'ej Say'choH. maj.

At 11:53 03/01/2012, you wrote:
>IIRC many of the Trek novels refer to a “sonic 
>shower” – developed presumably to conserve 
>potable water on long voyages.  In fact, I 
>thinks this was also a way to wash one’s uniform 
>(while wearing it even?) in the pre-replicator era.
>
>
>--
>Voragh
>Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>
>From: Brent Kesler [mailto:brent.of.all.people at gmail.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 1:38 PM
>To: tlhingan-hol at kli.org
>Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'maH vagh: <butlh>
>
>Aren't saunas dry heat? You sweat out the dirt 
>then scrap it off. Seems very Klingon.
>
>bI'reng
>
>On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:28 PM, ghunchu'wI' 
>'utlh <<mailto:qunchuy at alcaco.net>qunchuy at alcaco.net> wrote:
>On Jan 2, 2012, at 12:59 PM, Qov 
><<mailto:robyn at flyingstart.ca>robyn at flyingstart.ca> wrote:
>Klingons do not engage in swimming or bathing. 
>Either all Klingons are perpetually filthy, as 
>admittedly many on the shows appear to be, or 
>they have some other method of performing basic hygiene. Any suggestions?
>
>Showers are not like swimming. Perhaps not the 
>full-body style, maybe just a handheld sprayer. 
>And it might include an abrasive component in 
>the manner of sandblasting rather than a simple 
>detergent, though that's probably a bit far-fetched.
>
>John Ford's Klingons luxuriated in something 
>akin to a sauna. Hot and steamy works to get clean as well as dirty.
>
>-- ghunchu'wI'
>
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